Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
 

Who's Your City?

by Richard Florida

It’s a mantra of the age of globalization that where we live doesn’t matter. We can innovate just as easily from a ski chalet in Aspen or a beachhouse in Provence as in the office of a Silicon Valley startup.

According to Richard Florida, this is wrong. Globalization is not flattening the world; in fact, place is increasingly relevant to the global economy and our... (read more)

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Member Reviews

  • bencasnocha
    • Rated 3 stars

    Richard is a provocative thinker and always presents fascinating insights on cities and how place affects our well-being. This book continues the tradition, as he discusses why, contrary to popular belief, place matters more than ever in the age of globalization, how and why clustering happens in certain geographies, and the relationship between where one lives and happiness. I highly recommend the book.

    bencasnocha wrote this review Sunday, May 25 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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