Comments on: What Gen Y Wants

By: Rust Wire » Blog Archive » Why Don’t Ohio’s College Grads Want to Stay?

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:05:02 +0000

[...] Florida and his research teams have done some interesting work on this question. One thing that strikes me about the research is its focus on something that is [...]

By: Michael Wells

Michael Wells — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:13:57 +0000

I was shocked to see Worcester (pronounced Woostah’) too, until I realized this isn’t a survey of Gen Y but a list of places based on characteristics that appeal to them. Looking at the Business Week profiles it was interesting to see Worcester has a large gay/lesbian population. Quite a change from the aging industrial and working class burg I knew when I lived in that area.

By: tpk-nyc

tpk-nyc — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:59:09 +0000

I went to college in Worcester (a town most people have never heard of). I’m shocked that it made the top ten. The list has quite a few unexpected places. Bridgeport? Albany? Many people want to be in the Northeast. The Sunbelt barely registers, with Austin the perennial and honorable exception. Very interesting.

By: hayden fisher

hayden fisher — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:12:29 +0000

We’re seeing lots of migration south from DC to Richmond, Virginia where I live based upon affordable housing + an easier lifestyle with great pedestrian neighborhoods and relatively little commuter congestion generally, a river scene with expanding bike and running trails, etc. Our community is becoming increasingly more diverse with plenty of independent restaurants, a good nightlife scene, a growing arts community, two universities (one public, large and urban and the other quaint, private and elite) and many of the other attributes that Richard cites as the intangibles necessary for future success. Unfortunately, there are still some who don’t get it in leadership positions.

Great piece!