Don't Ignore The 'Procreative' Class

Challenging some of the ideas in Richard Florida's "The Rise of The Creative Class," a recent article suggests that ignoring the "Procreative Class" -- middle- and working-class families -- can hurt cities too.

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November 7, 2006, 8:00 AM PST

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera


"Florida argues that cities do well to recruit those sundry scientists, engineers, academics, designers, architects, entertainers, actors, rock and rollers, jugglers and, of course, the 'thought leadership' that comprise the 'creative class.'

There is an oddly unexplored flaw in Florida's thesis: He does not take into account the possibility that a city might "tip," that it just might attract one creative person too many. The tipping point is not hard to gauge. I refer the reader here to the 'Mime Index.' When the first mime artist shows up on a city street, you know that the creative class has officially reached critical mass, and from then on bad things will begin to happen."

Monday, November 6, 2006 in WorldNetDaily

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