Comments on: Where the Kids Are Heading

By: Dark Knight

Dark Knight — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:08:05 +0000

No question, the answer is DC. Federal employees have a salary and benefits package that is over twice that of the private sector, on average. And DC has the most young people making six figure salaries, again reflective of how overpaid federal employees are.

While this is a terrible trend for the US, it is something that, as an individual, it is a smart thing to tap into.

The only thing arguing against it is that federal pay and benefits are on an unsustainable trend, just like all federal spending. What are the chances that the feds go bankrupt and default. You could be in a situation where pay and benefits are halved all at once.

By: The “Youthquake” in Washington | Evil Monito

The “Youthquake” in Washington | Evil Monito — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:51:05 +0000

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By: Who's left Michigan? And who's left in Michigan? at The Motor(less) City

Who's left Michigan? And who's left in Michigan? at The Motor(less) City — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:36:58 +0000

[...] suffer as the city does from these afflictions, but let’s be honest, young, educated, creative types like cities. No matter what your middle aged, suburb loving, curmudgeon beliefs are, the younger generation [...]

By: Michael Wells

Michael Wells — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:36:10 +0000

I can’t argue with your top 10, but wonder why you dropped Portland, with Dallas the only cities not on both lists — at least as a runner-up?

By: kevin

kevin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:41:49 +0000

Just using myself as an example that relates to the subject. I also enjoyed reading your books. I just moved out of new york city with my wife after 11 years of hardcore creative class careers. Both being educated in manhattan; my wife is a fashion merchandise display director and I am an art director. We both lived in Williamsburg Brooklyn for 8 of those 11 years. To make a long story short, we quit our well paying jobs, picked up and left. No more new york headaches, high taxes, high rents with bad living conditions, sketchy landlords and bosses with no families. Keep in mind, when those young people reach our age of 31-33, they will start thinking “is it worth it?”. If they don’t, they may ultimately wake up at 45 and wonder what happened. I can provide a list of people getting ready to leave the city right now. We knew we could leave the city and have our new york experience give us a major boost in a smaller city. My first pick was Denver but ended up in Columbus Ohio after weighing our personal options. Don’t get me wrong, New York City is an amazing place between the ages of 18-29. Education, Career, meeting people. Top notch. I love new york. After those ages, the question is “is it worth it?”

By: Jody Reale

Jody Reale — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:30:00 +0000

Richard, I’m curious as to why you slotted Denver and Boulder together. While the two are relatively close geographically, I think most agree that they couldn’t be more different in every other way. Perhaps proximity to a larger city like Denver is a Boulder selling point, but the two are distinctly independent. I’m also curious: Do you prefer one over the other?

By: Creative Class: Where The Kids Are Heading | The Daily MBA

Creative Class: Where The Kids Are Heading | The Daily MBA — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:57:58 +0000

[...] has a wonderful post about where young people (20-29) are heading. And it’s to the cities (if you are college [...]

By: Buzzcut

Buzzcut — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:13:31 +0000

While this is a terrible trend for the US, it is something that, as an individual, it is a smart thing to tap into.