http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/10/01/utah-calls-florida-responds/ 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 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/10/01/utah-calls-florida-responds/comment-page-1/#comment-6083 Bert Sperling Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:22:44 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=3809#comment-6083 Good for you for addressing this. It's unfortunate that Mr. Reynolds does not realize that the Milken study confines itself to a single focus, of "best performing" cities. But this is economic performance, which does not necessarily translate to the health and welfare of citizens, or to other aspects of quality of life. I believe absolutely that economic vitality is necessary for livable and workable city, but a stable economic foundation is just a first stage towards building a great place. I won't quibble that the Milken index in some metrics is measuring the last glow of the recent intoxicating economic boom. Rather, I believe that Dr. Florida's work concept builds on the notion that the really great, unique, special, exciting, and yes, successful, places of the world foster that extra dimension of creativity. The Milken study and the Creative Class theory both have their place in explaining the complex and changing relationship between people and how they live and prosper. We don't need to deride one in order to value the other. b. Good for you for addressing this.
It’s unfortunate that Mr. Reynolds does not realize that the Milken study confines itself to a single focus, of “best performing” cities. But this is economic performance, which does not necessarily translate to the health and welfare of citizens, or to other aspects of quality of life.
I believe absolutely that economic vitality is necessary for livable and workable city, but a stable economic foundation is just a first stage towards building a great place.
I won’t quibble that the Milken index in some metrics is measuring the last glow of the recent intoxicating economic boom. Rather, I believe that Dr. Florida’s work concept builds on the notion that the really great, unique, special, exciting, and yes, successful, places of the world foster that extra dimension of creativity.
The Milken study and the Creative Class theory both have their place in explaining the complex and changing relationship between people and how they live and prosper. We don’t need to deride one in order to value the other.
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