Richard Florida
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1. Rustbelt Revivals - fascinating new paper by Enrico Moretti & others (via @lydiadepillis) on why & how deindustrialized Rustbelt regions recover: nber.org/papers/w31948 2. Lots there but here are my main takeaways ... 3. Across the US and Europe more than a third (34%) of deindustrialized Rustbelt metros recovered better than pre-deindustrialization. 4. German metros, and to some extent other European metros recovered more than US metros. 5.
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1. Miami just overtook NY and LA and of course the Bay Area as the nation's most unaffordable housing market. This trend was patently obvious for sometime, and does not bode well for the region or other hot rising centers. therealdeal.com/miami/2022/02/… 2. Miami's housing market has soared driven by an influx of rich, indeed super-rich buyers from NY, LA and other places. Houses are routinely being flipped for multiples of their pre-pandemic values 3.
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1. Much has been made of rising crime and so-called urban disorder in America's cities. But the data is not so clear. While murders are up, overall crime is down. What gives? A new study provides uses intriguing new data to provide some clues. 2. The study by Maxim Massenkoof the Naval Postgraduate School & Aaron Chalfin of the University of Pennsylvania uses data on foot traffic data as well as data from thew American Time Use Survey to measure personal exposure risk to violent crime.
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"1. A few thoughts on cities & economic development in a COVID-19 & Post-COVID-19 world. Much [...]"
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1. Race to the Bottom - That is another possible take/implication of what is happening with the rise of remote work & the geographic shifts being accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic ... One we are not hearing enough about ... 2. I've already written about how the 1% is taking advantage of the pandemic & remote work to shift their residence to avoid state & local taxes ... But maybe there is more to it. 3.
1. The Great NYC Reset ... 2. I remain fully confident in the wake of all this gloom & doom that NYC will end up just fine down the road…
2. I remain fully confident in the wake of all this gloom & doom that NYC will end up just fine down the road. 3. This is not the 1960s, and it not the end of cities, particularly NYC. 4. That said, I fully expect retail and office, and also parts of the luxury housing sector to be gored. 5. But, please, let's not confused the goring of retail & office and luxury real estate with the end of cities. 6.
several things strike me. I’ll just state them out here. 2. The first is h…
1. On these end of city takes that seem to endlessly proliferate: several things strike me. I’ll just state them out here. 2. The first is how they always center around just to cities New York City and San Francisco, even as places like LA or Miami or Houston have been very hard hit by COVID-19. 3. The second is how particularly American they are. There is virtually no conversation or sense that Toronto is at dearth’s door. 4.
1. The Trump administration has decided to declare war on America's cities, inflaming long-standing divides of race & class. @threadread…
1. Been thinking a lot about the argument that we should leave pandemic "planning" to medical professionals, epidemiologists & public health experts. Everyone else, all of us actually, should stay in our respective "silos." The more I think about it, the more I think it is wrong. 2. Here's why. Pandemics have broad implications and not just for health generally (avoided doctor visits, surgeries) and mental health, but also for the economy, cities, social cohesion, politics ... and many more. 3.
1.Quick thread on my @WSJ oped with @jselingo on the what the Covid-19 crisis means for urban universities & cities: wsj.com/articles/a-…
1.Quick thread on my @WSJ oped with @jselingo on the what the Covid-19 crisis means for urban universities & cities: wsj.com/articles/a-cri… 2. The revival of urban universities like NYU, USC, Penn & others was crucial to the broader urban revival. 3. In fact, I have long believed it is universities & surrounding districts, not just proximity to the central business district, that have been prime factors in gentrification. 4.
1. Been thinking about the geography of innovation in light of #coronavirus. 2. Initially, I thought perhaps it might reinforce or further s…
1. Been thinking about the geography of innovation in light of #coronavirus. https://twitter.com/MarkMuro1/status/1237022467610357762 2. Initially, I thought perhaps it might reinforce or further spur decentralization & declustering, at least at the margin. Now I think it might cut both ways. 3. On the one hand, I think the response from companies is to encourage more people to work from home remotely. And this could in turn spur some employees to relocate to more affordable locations. 4.
1. Important must-read piece by @AnnieLowrey on America's ongoing economic dilemma. I'd like to use as jumping off point to provide some mor…
1. Important must-read piece by @AnnieLowrey on America's ongoing economic dilemma. I'd like to use as jumping off point to provide some more context on the longer-run economic trajectory. https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1212041765559115776 @AnnieLowrey 2. My take is that what the US economy & society is going through is a very long-run - some might say long-wave - kind of economic transformation, signaled by the Great Crash of 2008. @AnnieLowrey 3.
America’s Best Performing Cities in 2014
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'Urban Dinosaurs,' 'Scamazon,' Green New Deal Among Chief Issues for U.S. Cities in 2019
In 2019, U.S. cities will continue to adapt to 10 major issues, including rising homelessness and unaffordability, climate change, and zoning clashes.
How Machine Learning and AI Can Predict Gentrification
Concern about gentrification has grown in the past decade as the affluent and educated have surged back into cities. But can the pace and pattern of future gentrification be predicted? New research by a team of data scientists and geographers says so.
HBR: How the geography of startups and innovation is changing
Editor's note : This story is available via the Harvard Business Review. It and other HBR stories are provided to our subscribers on our website (and in our daily emails) as an added value to your subscription. We're used to thinking of high-tech innovation and startups as generated and clustered predominantly in American urban areas, such as Silicon Valley, Seattle and New York. But high-tech startups have now truly gone global.
Amazon’s HQ2 Search Was About Specialized Talent
When Amazon chose Long Island City in Queens, New York, and Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, as the sites between which to split the company’s second headquarters, I kept hearing that the choice was all about talent. Or, according to the title of an analysis from Brookings: “talent, talent, talent.” Of course it was about talent. To be more precise, the company made its decision by selecting locations with specialized kinds of talent that meet certain needs.
The Role of the University: Leveraging Talent, Not Technology
We are in danger of undermining the value of research universities if we regard them simply as sources of technology. During the 1980s, the university was posed as an underutilized weapon in the battle for industrial competitiveness and regional economic growth. Even higher education stalwarts such as Harvard University’s then-president Derek Bok argued that the university had a civic duty to ally itself closely with industry to improve productivity.
A blueprint to help Mayor Tory get Toronto unstuck
Toronto Mayor John Tory’s resounding victory last month gave him an “historic mandate,” as he put it. He’ll need it, because the city he is leading is badly stuck, unable to address the deep challenges it faces. Indeed, the mayor must use his hard-won political capital to make headway on four key fronts. First and foremost is affordable housing.
Our real national divide: Local America vs. National America
Two cities we know particularly well — Oklahoma City, where one of us was mayor, and Pittsburgh, where the other lived and taught for two decades — exemplify the power of Local America. A couple of decades ago, both cities were ravaged by the forces of deindustrialization and globalization. Their industries died and their downtowns were abandoned as their best and brightest moved away.
¿Puede ser la creatividad la base de la prosperidad en AL?
En estos tiempos, la clave para el desarrollo económico de América Latina ya no solamente incluye sus materias primas y sus manufacturas, sino también un recurso ilimitado aunque ignorado por muchos: el inmenso potencial creativo de la región. La creatividad forma indiscutiblemente parte del ADN de las sociedades, ciudades y barrios latinoamericanos.
El potencial creativo de América Latina
En estos tiempos, la clave para el desarrollo económico de América Latina ya no solamente incluye sus materias primas y sus manufacturas, sino también un recurso ilimitado aunque ignorado por muchos: el inmenso potencial creativo de la región. La creatividad forma indiscutiblemente parte del ADN de las sociedades, ciudades y barrios latinoamericanos, Atraviesa todos los segmentos de la sociedad sin importar el sexo, etnia, edad, nacionalidad u orientación sexual de sus creadores.
¿Puede ser la creatividad la base de la prosperidad en América Latina?
22 de octubre de 2018 12:07 AM En estos tiempos, la clave para el desarrollo económico de América Latina ya no solamente incluye sus materias primas y sus manufacturas, sino también un recurso ilimitado aunque ignorado por muchos: el inmenso potencial creativo de la región.
Startup North: Canada’s Startup Ecosystems Are Growing, But Still Lag the Global Leaders
Canada, it is increasingly argued, has emerged as a leader for high-tech innovation and entrepreneurship. Global titans like Google and Microsoft have established outposts in Canada to harness the country’s leading artificial intelligence talent. As the United States has moved restrict immigration, Canada is seen by many as a preferred destination for global talent.
Can the U.S. Keep Its High-Tech Edge?
While recent headlines have blared about the Trump administration’s multi-front trade war with Canadian dairy farmers, Chinese manufacturers and the European Union’s steel, aluminum and automotive industries, a much larger economic threat has gone virtually unnoticed.
Everybody Rides: Bicycles Key To Safer, Healthier, More Vital Cities
Sustainable Cities will do whatever it takes to get you out of your automobile and onto public transportation. If you want a personal transportation device, you will get a free pass to acquire a bicycle to get some exercise and lose some weight at the same time. Technocrats always seem to know what’s best for you.
The New American Dream: A Rental of One’s Own
The transition overall is led by large, dense, superstar cities like New York and L.A., as well as knowledge and tech hubs like Boston, Seattle, Austin, and San Francisco and Silicon Valley, among others. These metros have some of the largest shares of renters compared to homeowners. In fact, there are three metros where more than half of households rent: New York, L.A., and San Francisco.
Miami-Dade’s next development boondoggles - a mega mall, a soccer stadium, Amazon HQ2?
Miami is at an inflection point. It is an aspiring global city, one that needs to build up its own economy — adding higher paying jobs and addressing yawning income inequality, continuing to build its innovation and startup cluster, and weaning itself off of imported capital and tourist dollars. Real strides are being made. But three recent economic development decisions threaten to push the city and the region back to the past.
The Global Tourism Backlash
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Residents of Tourist Hotspots Want Their Cities Back
Residents of Tourist Hotspots Want Their Cities Back A surge in tourism has led to a backlash in cities where residents feel overrun. But these cities can use tourism to their own benefit.Read Full Article »
Toronto can solve its affordable housing crisis. Here's how
By Richard FloridaOpinion Wed., Aug. 8, 2018 Toronto faces a crisis of housing affordability that threatens the well-being of its people and their ability to achieve the Canadian Dream as well as acts as a fundamental break on our economic progress. In the past several decades, Toronto has transformed from a sleepy regional hub into one of the nation’s and the world’s leading global cities. It is the engine that drives the economy of Ontario and Canada.
Toronto can solve its affordable housing crisis. Here's how
Toronto faces a crisis of housing affordability that threatens the well-being of its people and their ability to achieve the Canadian Dream as well as acts as a fundamental break on our economic progress. In the past several decades, Toronto has transformed from a sleepy regional hub into one of the nation’s and the world’s leading global cities. It is the engine that drives the economy of Ontario and Canada.
The Geography of America's Tech Startups
Established tech hubs continue to lead, but startup hubs are emerging in new, smaller places. The catch: Startup financing overall is on the wane. As Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area in general have become increasingly expensive for both companies and talented people, some commentators have argued that high-tech startups are spreading to smaller cities and metropolitan areas, many of which are in the industrial heartland.
Climate Change Will Force the Poor From Their Homes
This story originally appeared on CityLab and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s no surprise that a list of places most at risk from climate change and sea-level rise reads like a Who’s Who of global cities, since historically, many great cities have developed near oceans, natural harbors, or other bodies of water. Miami ranks first, New York comes second, and Tokyo, London, Shanghai, and Hong Kong all number among the top 20 at-risk cities in terms of total projected losses.
The Rise of ‘Urban Tech’
From food-delivery startups to mapping and co-living companies, technology focused on urban systems is drawing billions of dollars in venture capital The terms high-tech and venture capital conjure images of industries such as artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency. But the fact of the matter is that cities and…
A 21st Century Problem
It’s no surprise that a list of places most at risk from climate change and sea-level rise reads like a Who’s Who of global cities, since historically, many great cities have developed near oceans, natural harbors, or other bodies of water. Miami ranks first, New York comes second, and Tokyo, London, Shanghai, and Hong Kong all number among the top 20 at-risk cities in terms of total projected losses.
Rents are too damn high and the world is too damn hot. Both are about to make gentrification worse.
This story was originally published by CityLab and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s no surprise that a list of places most at risk from climate change and sea-level rise reads like a Who’s Who of global cities, since historically, many great cities have developed near oceans, natural harbors, or other bodies of water.
What LeBron James's Next Career Move Can Teach You About Choosing Where to Live
All of which is no doubt tremendously fascinating if you're a Lakers, 76ers, or Cavs fan.
We Can Create Better Jobs — by Fixing the Bad Ones – CityLab – Medium
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Toronto’s Deadly Car Crisis
Today, a 58 year old woman was killed almost right in front of my University of Toronto office. I love to ride.But recently I have just about stopped riding in Toronto because the streets are just too dangerous. There’s a ghost bike around the corner from my home where another cyclist died. Twenty-one cyclists and pedestrians have died this year; 93 have been killed since Toronto launched its Vision Zero initiative roughly two years ago in June 2016.
Canada’s Advanced Industries: A Path to Prosperity
In a world where talent is mobile and technology central, Canada stands out more than ever with its vibrant democracy, growing tech clusters, and unparalleled openness to the world’s migrants. Yet there is a problem: Despite the nation’s many strengths, Canada’s economy faces serious structural challenges, including from an aging population and slowing output growth.
Greg Casar says Austin 'ranked repeatedly' high for economic segregation--even No. 1 nationally
Says Austin has "been ranked repeatedly as one of the most, if not the most, economically segregated cities in the country." An official concerned about government not enforcing fair housing regulations says Austin has long been known to be a city divided. Greg Casar, who represents District 4 on the Austin City Council, told the Austin American-Statesman in May 2018: "We do have a really serious problem in Austin.
Opinion | How airports drive economic growth
In more than three decades of studying urban economic development, I haven’t been compelled to think much about airports — until recently. For me, and for many other experts in my field, there were two key things that drove innovation and economic growth in cities: high-tech industries and highly educated knowledge, professional and creative talent. John Kasarda and Greg Lindsay, authors of 2011’s Aerotropolis, argued that airports wield heavy influence on the growth of cities and industries.
WSJ Future Of Everything Festival
1:45 PM Registration 2:15 PM – 5:15 PM Programming sessions for the Future Of Cities 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM Networking, demos in the Hub and Happy Hour. All afternoon ticket holders will be asked to show proof of age to gain admittance to Happy Hour. No one will be admitted without valid identification. 6:15 PM Conclusion of the afternoon track. Afternoon session attendees must exit Spring Studios at this time. More than two thirds of the population will reside in urban areas by 2050.
Trump's Attacks on Amazon & HQ2 (with tweets) · richard_florida
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¿Conduce el arte a la gentrificación de un vecindario?
No es nada nuevo, forma parte de la leyenda urbana y el saber convencional: primero llegan los artistas y luego los yuppies. Pero, ¿ocurre realmente así?
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