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Richard Florida
by Richard Florida
Wed Jun 20th 2007 at 4:47pm UTC

Cities of the 21st Century

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Forbes Magazine has a special issue on cities, with the following stories:

My favorite bit is the interactive map.

There’s also a pretty humorous little on-line poll asking where you would most like to live in: No. 1 is first world mega-city (27%), followed by mid-sized city (17%), small town (8%), farm (7%) and suburbia (3%). My favorites are 8% who want to live in space, 4% in "the past," 3% in their "parent’s basement," and 1% who would prefer a "bubble."

Check out this post commemorating the day the Earth went urban…

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One Response to “Cities of the 21st Century”

  1. Donna Flow Says:
    June 26th, 2007 at 2:54 am

    What is a “postwar city” and why are these cities important? A postwar city is one that has experienced most of its growth since World War II. According to 1998 U.S. Census Bureau figures, sixteen of America’s 30 largest cities have added more than half of their population since 1940.