tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805346514757168853.post7364663988676838278..comments2023-03-24T12:38:48.616-04:00Comments on Publius' Napkin has moved: Book to Own: Who's Your City?Publiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330245120362834979noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805346514757168853.post-47539364955821662008-04-15T21:22:00.000-04:002008-04-15T21:22:00.000-04:00DC looks like the place to be in '09...DC looks like the place to be in '09...Publiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330245120362834979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805346514757168853.post-38333496216851477062008-04-14T21:57:00.000-04:002008-04-14T21:57:00.000-04:00The real question is - where should I live? Florid...The real question is - where should I live? <BR/>Florida via publius says:<BR/><BR/>San Jose<BR/>Austin<BR/>San Diego<BR/>Durham<BR/>DC<BR/>LA<BR/>San Francisco <BR/>Raleigh <BR/>Santa Barbara<BR/>Kansas City<BR/>DenverAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455916123480685035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805346514757168853.post-50336650410924714272008-04-09T18:20:00.000-04:002008-04-09T18:20:00.000-04:00Basically, I think it provides one of the more com...Basically, I think it provides one of the more compelling narratives of the geographic and economic shift happening in the US over past 40 years. The terms "spatial sorting" and "means migration" are powerful, and go beyond the overused catchphrases of gentrification, American dream, etc., and he provides the data to back his claims.<BR/><BR/>For instance, while writing about the growth of these mega-regions, he takes a few page to detail the evidence supporting the idea that material infrastructure (e.g., highways) is sublinear with population, while the coorelation between population growth and innovation/patent activity/etc. is GREATER than one.<BR/><BR/>"In other words, the doubling of population resulted in more than two times the creative and economic output."<BR/><BR/>Cities are the products of this "superlinear" scaling, which explains why Florida sees these mega-regions expanding toward 100 million people, rather than leveling off.<BR/><BR/>Why else should you read it?<BR/><BR/>Factoids like: "By UN predictions, by the year 2030, more than 2/3 of the world's population (4.4 billion people) will be urbanites."<BR/><BR/>You are right, Pete, in that few of Florida's ideas are novel, but his narrative as a whole provides a unique perspective, and his statistical insights are interesting and worthwhile. It's certainly worth reading, but it will leave you to write your own conclusion.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Here's Richard Florida speaking at Google: http://youtube.com/watch?v=khQ9BaXZAjMPubliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330245120362834979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805346514757168853.post-75665394332789293102008-04-09T01:58:00.000-04:002008-04-09T01:58:00.000-04:00ok so education is important and the world isnt fl...ok so education is important and the world isnt flat. What is novel about this book? Most of the things you mentioned in your post already seemed like common sense assertions. Does he take them out of the realm of common sense and into the realm of statistically supported? Is that the strength of this book. Would you recommend reading it? GIVE ME MORE!Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982542621639562225noreply@blogger.com