“The Rise of the Creative Class” by Richard Florida

While reading the article “The Rise of the Creative Class” by Richard Florida, in my mind I kept going back and forth on the decision if I agree or disagree with his argument. When I read the article the first time I really didn’t want to agree with his point of view, but after reading it for a second time I do agree with his points. A city would struggle if it wasn’t for the younger generation. It’s true our generation tends to spend more money than let’s say our parents’ generation. For a city to survive it needs it financial input and who is more likely to go out and spend the money, the young crowd or the people in their 50’ and up? When venturing out on to college campuses you are more likely to encounter young adults who do display their eccentric hair styles or they are completely covered in tattoos and one might not even know that this person is very intelligent. This is why workplaces are becoming more lenient to the way people look and people of older generations don’t understand how someone who is covered with tattoos might have gotten a top position. The creative class is a new trend that will attract to popular cities, who are more accepting of their lifestyles. The only part of his argument that I didn’t seem to completely agree on was the ratings of the cities. From the cities he named I was shocked not to see Chicago be part of it. The city of Chicago is one of the more creative types of cities, that does attract the creative class.