Who's your city?
how the creative economy is making where to live the most important decision of your life
by Richard Florida · first published 2008
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All places are not created equal. In this groundbreaking book, Richard Florida shows that where we live is increasingly a crucial factor in our lives, one that fundamentally affects our professional and personal prospects. As well as explaining why place matters now more than ever, Who’s Your City? provides indispensable tools to help you choose the right place for you.
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Some recent engaging reads: * Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational * Christopher McDougall, Born to Run * Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers * Jeb Brugman, Welcome to the Urban Revolution * Richard Florida, Who's Your City?
on “Ask HN: Interesting (Non software) books?” ↗>Go somewhere where you will be happy So amazingly important. Read who's your city by Richard Florida.
on “Ask HN: How do you fight depression?” ↗Get the book "Who's your city". Don't just move somewhere because that's where you find a job. Spend a good amount of time and effort on finding the right city for you (the book explains why this is important). I so wish I had done…
on “Ask HN: What one thing would you tell your younger self?” ↗…map of Neurotic People. "based on data on hundreds of thousands of people compiled by psychologists, Jason Rentfrow at Cambridge University and Sam Gosling at the University of Texas" From a book called Who's Your City, by Dr. Richard Florida. More maps here: http://creativeclass.typepad.com/thecreativityexchange/2008/...
on “Where do all the neurotics live?” ↗…my name and profile link) and the fact that I can spend my free time on weekends learning for the sake of learning, without the stress of having to make an income from it. There is a great quote from Who's Your City that states you need an additional $133,000 in annual income to make up for the happiness from seeing your friends and family on a daily or weekly basis. That's a big jump for those quitting to move halfway…
on “Quit Your Job Now, Before It's Too Late” ↗…involving small business - Also, world-class financial center There are other things, the point is to focus on your strengths, not try to be a knock-off of something else (an idea from Richard Florida's "Who's Your City", a book about the relative strengths of various cities) [1] Saw this in Business Insider a while ago [2] "Coming Apart" by Charles Murray
on “$1.6B in funding and $7B in exits: Chicago tech just had its best year ever” ↗…cited by pg) that Cambridge and Boston are very much an intellectual center because some of the greatest universities of the world and they are leaders in terms of patents and scientific citations (from "Who's Your City" by Richard Florida).
on “Paul Graham - from social shyness to patronizing” ↗…"great city", for a lifestyle based on art, writing, and technology were right on..That is exactly what I've been looking for, is Paris that city?? Or Moscow or toronto??After I read your latest book,Who's your city" I decided what I've been needing most is NETWORKING. Without a network its extremely hard to find one. I am planning a visit to Toronto would it be possible to meet? Or should I just head for Paris!…
on “Cities and Ambition” ↗