Attracting The 'Creative Class'

A city's ability to attract the "creative class" may be the best indicator of whether a city will thrive.

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May 30, 2002, 5:00 AM PDT

"The research by social scientists shows that a new productive force is driving a group of cities.For these cities, the most important factor affecting their growth is the size of what Carnegie Mellon University professor Richard Florida calls the 'creative class'.These people write software, songs and stories. They create new architectural designs and discover new ways to combine chemical elements. They design buildings and computer chips. They act, sing and teach. They all are in the business of producing new ideas."

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