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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Public Funding for Stadiums Jumps the Shark in Miami
Let's hope outrage over the Marlins deal never fades away.
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Year in Review
The Where of 2012's Top Music
The global cities that dominated popular music this year.
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Maps
A Search for America's Merriest Cities (Inspired By Dr. Seuss)
Introducing the Grinch Conversion Index. Where in the United States is Whoville?
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How Economic Development Is Changing the Geography of Urban Crime
As inner cores become wealthier, crime will get pushed out of many cities.
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Rankings
A Few Surprises in New Bike Scores
Austin and Pittsburgh don't fare very well in Walk Score's bikeability ranking.
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Gun Violence Is an Everywhere Issue
Americans can no longer pretend that shooting deaths are a problem relegated to the inner city.
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Maps
The Geography of U.S. Gun Violence
What we can say for sure based on recent data.
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Strategies for Increasing Diversity in Urban Tech Scenes
New York sets its sights on extending the benefits of the city's burgeoning start-up ecosystem.
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Regardless How They're Counted, Incentives Do Nothing for Economic Development
A follow-up on our analysis of The New York Times series on state and local incentives to business.
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What Marriage Equality Could Mean for Urban Economies
Demographer Gary Gates explains how the Supreme Court's gay marriage decisions could impact cities.
