Richard Florida speaks as part of the Alberta College of Art and Design’s Stirring Culture series
adminMay 13, 2008
“The diversity, of whatever kind, that is generated by cities rests on the fact that in cities so many people are so close together, and among them contain so many different tastes, skills, needs, supplies, and bees in their bonnets.”
adminMay 12, 2008
From where I sit, Philadelphia’s future looks very bright. Trust me: I know all about the issues that confront the city. I grew up in New Jersey, went to Rutgers, and spent much of my teens and 20s hanging out in Center City. I’ve seen the dark days and watched the recovery.
adminMay 10, 2008
Author Richard Florida looks at America’s “psychogeography” and says personality types tend to cluster—and that understanding those clusters can help us understand the economies and futures of different regions.
adminMay 7, 2008
Aaron Hotfelder recently interviewed Professor Florida about why the choice of where to live is more important than ever, why it’s a decision so often overlooked, and how to find the perfect city for you.
adminMay 5, 2008
Psychologists have shown that human personalities can be classified along five key dimensions. Each of these dimensions has been found to affect key life outcomes. It turns out these personality types are not spread evenly across the country. They cluster and how they cluster tells us much.
adminMay 5, 2008
WE ARE ALL familiar with the rough geography of the United States – the slash of the Rocky Mountains between two great coastlines, the bulge of Maine, the Florida peninsula, the Great Lakes, set in the heartland. But what about the country’s psychogeography?
adminMay 5, 2008
For The Realtor.Com Addict Who Dreams Of Living Somewhere Else-If She Could Only Figure Out Where
adminApril 29, 2008
The Creative Region Initiative was launched with the help of Richard Florida who urges communities to develop a creative class of artists and engineers, musicians and high-tech workers — people who think and create for a living — in order to thrive economically.
adminApril 28, 2008