Comments on: “Why All the Fuss About Richard Florida?” http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/02/27/why-all-the-fuss-about-richard-florida/ The source on how we live, work and play Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: RF http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/02/27/why-all-the-fuss-about-richard-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-3522 RF Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:52:01 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2008/02/27/why-all-the-fuss-about-richard-florida/#comment-3522 Chris - The answer to that one is simple. It's a long story but there simply wasn't money to fund this work at CMU. I got the opportunity to go to DC with a nice chair and connect to Brookings and other think tanks. I love Pittsburgh but I had been there for 17 years and it was time for a change of venue. But in the end the real opportunity and funding to build a solid think tank in this field came from the Rotman School at U of T. We now have stable funding to build the world's best team in this area. It's a research environment comparable to CMU but with more people working on urban issues, and a university, city and province that have made this work a priority. I'm very, very lucky. Chris – The answer to that one is simple. It’s a long story but there simply wasn’t money to fund this work at CMU. I got the opportunity to go to DC with a nice chair and connect to Brookings and other think tanks. I love Pittsburgh but I had been there for 17 years and it was time for a change of venue. But in the end the real opportunity and funding to build a solid think tank in this field came from the Rotman School at U of T. We now have stable funding to build the world’s best team in this area. It’s a research environment comparable to CMU but with more people working on urban issues, and a university, city and province that have made this work a priority. I’m very, very lucky.

]]> By: Chris http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/02/27/why-all-the-fuss-about-richard-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-3521 Chris Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:59:47 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2008/02/27/why-all-the-fuss-about-richard-florida/#comment-3521 Why did RF leave Pittsburgh? He was almost convincing about his passion for the burgh in his ROTCC book. There are certainly enough institutes at CMU - was is MW? Why did RF leave Pittsburgh? He was almost convincing about his passion for the burgh in his ROTCC book.

There are certainly enough institutes at CMU – was is MW?

]]> By: Walt http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/02/27/why-all-the-fuss-about-richard-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-3520 Walt Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:42:57 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2008/02/27/why-all-the-fuss-about-richard-florida/#comment-3520 Absolutely agreed ... hopefully the "hubbub" will die down shortly. We do indeed have a tendency in Canada to seek "validation" from outside. It's perhaps less evident than it used to be, but is still very much there. I think most people here are intelligent enough to understand that your work goes well beyond our boundaries. Absolutely agreed … hopefully the “hubbub” will die down shortly. We do indeed have a tendency in Canada to seek “validation” from outside. It’s perhaps less evident than it used to be, but is still very much there. I think most people here are intelligent enough to understand that your work goes well beyond our boundaries.

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