The Creative Class is Growing in Smaller Cities
Using data from the US Census American Community Survey, CityLab’s Richard Florida and economist Todd Gabe tracked the growth of the creative class across the country. Popular belief assumes that talent is concentrated in bigger cities (NYC, LA, SF) but data actually supports the opposite. In fact, the aforementioned cities have experienced the slowest growth since 2005. Instead, Salt Lake City, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Grand Rapids and Cleveland are home to the most rapid growth for creative industries—and since these jobs are often higher paying, this is valuable insight into the wellbeing of their individual economies. Read more at CityLab.
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