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Who's your city is a fascinating study of how the world is changing, from macroeconomics to popular culture. People's happiness does depend a great deal on where they live, how far they commute to work, the general feel of a city and their stage in li... Read More
Richard florida's work always, justly, draws a lot of attention. Florida tackles an issue so big that we often fail to see it. Florida shares many interesting insights.
Who’s your city? Is a kindlebook that lists the best places for singles, professionals, older adults, and retirees. The book is based on a place and happiness survey that asked respondent's where they feel best to reside.
Based on a person's skill set, florida helps align those skills and interests with regions to consider. Florida believes that cities, like people, have their own personalities and that you should choose yours carefully.
Cons
The opening chapters talk of arbitrary configurations of mega-regions, geography scholars' flavour of the year. Florida offers that one day tokyo will expand to encompass all of honshu but fails to acknowledge that japan is already completely urbanize... Read More
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Quality
This is causing a rise in household income inequality as education is highly correlated to income
Instead this book lays a solid foundation about why location is such an important factor in quality of life
If a small thing like sidewalks can affect ones happiness and quality of life then one can only imagine how an entire city its... Read More
I dont agree with the ideas of the majority
Packaging/appearance
My guess is he let research assistants write a little too much of this work and then he rushed through the edit
Competitiveness
Those are the winners in the competition for talent
Others find themselves priced out and move out of those superstar cities leaving room for other creative class achievers to mov... Read More
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- This product had a total of 101 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 19 2022.
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Too bad this book outlines an outstanding idea
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He explores the emerging megaregions boswash northern california greater london that are replacing nations as the organizing force of economic activity
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Then in the last section florida brings it all together and shows why the book got its name
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To his credit florida doesnt assume we should all move to creative class meccas like austin or seattle
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I placed order as new copy but found the product doesnt look like brand new one when i received it
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We spend a lot of time and energy on career and mate choice but not nearly enough on this crucial question
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Floridas analysis is wellwritten and easily accessible but i wonder if the data he presents is overly dumbeddown to be accessible to the general public
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Its an interesting set of insights and i recommend it to any and everyone considering a location switch but dont expect a thorough sociological or anthropological analysis
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