Richard Florida
Richard Florida is Co-Founder and Editor at Large at The Atlantic Cities. He's also a Senior Editor at The Atlantic, Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, and Global Research Professor at New York University. He is a frequent speaker to communities, business and professional organizations, and founder of the Creative Class Group, whose current client list can be found here.
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Does the Location of Elite Colleges Hurt the Economy?
Great universities are a necessary but insufficient condition for high-tech growth.
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Why People Perceive Some Cities as Safer Than Others
There are reasons why places like Boston have tended to think of themselves as relatively safe compared to say, New Orleans.
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Maps
Class-Divided Cities: Detroit Edition
The final installment of our series exploring the economic divides across America's largest cities and metros.
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Maps
America's Most Post-Industrial Metros
The cities that lead America's transition from a goods-producing to service economy.
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Lessons From Silicon Valley's 'Downtown'
A new report from SPUR traces the decline of downtown San Jose.
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Rankings
America's Most (and Least) Religious Metro Areas
Provo, Utah, and Burlington, Vermont, represent opposite ends of the U.S. religiosity spectrum.
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Maps
Class-Divided Cities: San Francisco Edition
The 11th in our series exploring the class divides across America's largest cities and metros.
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America's Jobs Dilemma: Employment Up, Wages Down
One more piece of evidence for the lopsided nature of America's economic recovery.
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Next Great Idea
Why Our Cities Look and Work the Way They Do
A conversation with Sam Bass Warner and Andrew Whittemore about their new book, American Urban Form.
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Class-Divided Cities: Boston Edition
The 10th in our series exploring the class divides across America's largest cities and metros.
