Who's Your City? : How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life

from nicole_a_davis

I read an article in the Atlantic by this author who mentioned this book and how it argues that place is very important to people. So, I expected it to be a bit more psychological--how a sense of place impacts your well being, how being in the wrong place or right place for you can affect your li...

from bookworx

This book begins on page 294, trading experience for (statistical & antidotal) information is not so much an exercise in self-help as it is an investment in bubble psychology. Remarkable (post Freakanomics) statistics that sort of lay there without benefit of algorithm to aid in action. Great pre...

from paulsignorelli

Many of us, having incorporated online communities into our professional and personal lives, reach the moment when we decide that the idea of place is dead--that geography no longer matters. But it doesn't take us long to realize we're wrong. And reading and thinking about Richard Florida's "Who'...

from rightantler

Three decisions define our lives. Who, What and Where. The last of these has generally been considered the least important. Florida makes a very strong case that it should be the first decision we make. Full of fascinating statistics and trends, this book will either confirm your choice of locati...

from auntieknickers

I actually didn't finish this book and am returning it to the library. I'm not saying it was a bad book, just not for me -- too many statistics for someone who only took one semester of economics 40 years ago. It's also (if I read aright) not such good news for those of us in small towns who don'...