Among the most pervasive, and arguably pernicious, notions of the past decade has been that the “creative class” of the skilled, educated and hip would remake and revive American cities. The idea, packaged and peddled by consultant Richard Florida, had been that unlike spending public money to court Wall Street fat cats, corporate executives or other traditional elites, paying to appeal to the creative would truly trickle down, generating a widespread urban revival.
Oh good. Now I'm not sorry I bailed to the suburbs. It turns out I didn't have much creative contribution anyway.
What they missed on this is the fact that gentrification attracts consumption, not community.
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