Comments on: The Secret of New York’s Success http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/12/30/the-secret-of-new-yorks-success/ 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: Robert Light http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/12/30/the-secret-of-new-yorks-success/comment-page-1/#comment-11391 Robert Light Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:30:50 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=6862#comment-11391 Edward Glaeser frankly says a lot of stupid things. Go on Youtube and look at his long interview literally 1-2 months before Wall Street and the banking system collapsed. He went on and on and on about how NY is great for ONE reason only, the glorious bankers and wonderful value-adding financial services sector. He said the bankers and financial servies people in NY on their own were so creative and wonderful that they should properly be compared to the immortal geniuses of FLORENCE DURING THE RENNAISANCE!!! Edward Glaeser frankly says a lot of stupid things. Go on Youtube and look at his long interview literally 1-2 months before Wall Street and the banking system collapsed. He went on and on and on about how NY is great for ONE reason only, the glorious bankers and wonderful value-adding financial services sector. He said the bankers and financial servies people in NY on their own were so creative and wonderful that they should properly be compared to the immortal geniuses of FLORENCE DURING THE RENNAISANCE!!!

]]> By: Wil http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/12/30/the-secret-of-new-yorks-success/comment-page-1/#comment-8615 Wil Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:26:42 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=6862#comment-8615 I don't know NYC as well as I would like, but my impression is that the City's wealth is what has allowed it to "succeed" in some way. If you contrast Los Angeles with NYC in any way besides the recent recession-induced declines in housing,( and incidentally, the financial troubles were largely manufactured by New York bankers) the success of New York may look diminished. In the article it says that 40% of the economy is related to finance, which is one of the main drivers of the recession. In L.A. there are lots of industries such as the entertainment industry, areospace, bio-tech, high tech, design, organic farming, aviation, there are even oil wells in the metropolitian area. Californians often have this discussion with East Coast city people who feel that "nothing is happening", because they cannot relate to low density. In fact much has happened in the low density cities of Cali during the last generation. Also, creative people can afford to live with a high quality of life, inexpensively, while they work on their dreams, and ideas. LA may be the model to study. The article was NYC-centric. I don’t know NYC as well as I would like, but my impression is that the City’s wealth is what has allowed it to “succeed” in some way. If you contrast Los Angeles with NYC in any way besides the recent recession-induced declines in housing,( and incidentally, the financial troubles were largely manufactured by New York bankers) the success of New York may look diminished. In the article it says that 40% of the economy is related to finance, which is one of the main drivers of the recession. In L.A. there are lots of industries such as the entertainment industry, areospace, bio-tech, high tech, design, organic farming, aviation, there are even oil wells in the metropolitian area.

Californians often have this discussion with East Coast city people who feel that “nothing is happening”, because they cannot relate to low density. In fact much has happened in the low density cities of Cali during the last generation. Also, creative people can afford to live with a high quality of life, inexpensively, while they work on their dreams, and ideas. LA may be the model to study. The article was NYC-centric.

]]> By: Mike L http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/12/30/the-secret-of-new-yorks-success/comment-page-1/#comment-8613 Mike L Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:14:41 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=6862#comment-8613 When I worked in an office in NYC there were two classes of workers: NYC-residents who had plenty of time for out-of-hours social activities, networking, etc., and commuters who had none. Perhaps a key indicator in a city's success is "Percentage of creative workers who live within 30 minutes of each other and of work?" When I worked in an office in NYC there were two classes of workers: NYC-residents who had plenty of time for out-of-hours social activities, networking, etc., and commuters who had none. Perhaps a key indicator in a city’s success is “Percentage of creative workers who live within 30 minutes of each other and of work?”

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