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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Rankings
The Most Artistic Cities in America
Some smaller neighborhoods maintain surprisingly vibrant artistic communities
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Urban Wonk
The Opera House Effect
Why performance spaces built in the 18th century predict which cities will thrive 200 years later
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The Makeup of Stuck America
Why people from some states move more than others
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Maps
The Geography of Stuck
America can be divided into two distinct classes, the stuck and the mobile
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Could London Become the Tech Capital of Europe?
The city used to struggle to keep its start-up talent. Not anymore
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America the Stuck
The U.S. is moving less than ever before—and it's holding back the recovery
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Start-Up New York?
New York City is well positioned to overtake Silicon Valley as the country's tech innovation leader
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Cities and the Creative Class in Asia
How countries like China and Malaysia built a new generation of highly skilled workers faster than anywhere else
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Maps
The Geography of Great Restaurants
Why tolerant, happy places provide the best places to eat
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Maps
Mapping the 'Anti-Creative Class'
A fun new map from Floating Sheep marries the popularity of bars with the price of marijuana
