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Monday, June 25, 2012
ARCHITECT | Richard Florida’s Creative Class Theory Short on Proof
In the first issue of the Twin Cities’ new magazine, Thirty Two (a nod to Minnesota’s entry into the Union as the 32nd state), an award-winning travel writer named Frank Bures has written a rather long takedown of Richard Florida’s Creative Class theory of urban revitalization.
Bures’ critical assessment arises from the decision that he and his wife made in the mid-1990s to move from Portland, Ore., to Madison, Wisc., in part because they were ready to have kids and wanted to be closer to their families, and in part because Richard Florida had deemed Madison a “Creative Class” stronghold.