Re:The Unaffordable Urban Paradise
by maxsilver on Monday June 26, 2017 @12:50PM
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> (Florida needs to issue) a mea culpa for ignoring crucial urban issues and promoting the kind of growth that would muscle out the non-"creative" people a city needs to function
To his credit, he did sort of do that, about a year ago.
"I got wrong that the creative class could magically restore our cities, become a new middle class like my father's, and we were going to live happily forever after," Florida said. "I could not have anticipated among all this urban growth and revival that there was a dark side to the urban creative revolution, a very deep dark side."
Re:The Unaffordable Urban Paradise
by sevensor on Monday June 26, 2017 @01:41PM
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I was unaware of this statement, and I agree that it's to his credit to have said it. Personally I think he needs to keep saying it until he's righted the balance, but it's a start.
To his credit, he did sort of do that, about a year ago.
"I got wrong that the creative class could magically restore our cities, become a new middle class like my father's, and we were going to live happily forever after," Florida said. "I could not have anticipated among all this urban growth and revival that there was a dark side to the urban creative revolution, a very deep dark side."
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/texanomics/article/...