Creative Class

[Downtown]

I know we planners are generally a bunch of map and demographics geeks at heart. Where is your city on the "Creative Class" Scale?

http://www.creativeclass.org/ci.htm

Albany:
Percent of Workforce in C.C.:11-51
Creativity Index: 11-51
Diversity Index - 151-250
High Tech:51-150
Innovation:11-51

Much better than I'd expected.

 

[Chet]

Milwaukee
Ranking Among Major Regions: 35
Creativity Index: 736

Rankings

Overall Rank 56
Creative Class 111
High Tech 61
Innovation 38
Diversity 128

I didnt see a part of the web site that gave the stats you were quoting, KMateja...

Interesting side note - Milwaukee was ranked as one of the top 10 places to be a lesbian.

 

[Planderella]

Richard Florida is not welcome in New Orleans:

Overall Rank: 83
Creative Class: 122
High Tech: 87
Innovation: 180
Diversity: 19

 

[Glomer]

Minneapolis

Ranking Among Major Regions: 10
Creativity Index: 960

Rankings

Overall Rank 11
Creative Class 14
High Tech 28
Innovation 11
Diversity 60

 

[NHPlanner]

At least you guys have something to post...

Not a single area in NH is ranked....I would have thought at least Manchester (pop 100,000+) would have at least made the list...I mean Auburn/Lewiston, ME and Bangor, ME are in the list!

 

[Dan]

Where I live now: Orlando:

Ranking among major regions: 32; creativity index: 752
Overall rank: 49
Creative class: 108
High tech: 43
Innovation: 164
Diversity: 9

Seems about what I'd expect.

The numbers to beat belong to Austin. I wonder what place is the least creative, the least innovative, or the least diverse/gay?

It seems a bit stereotypical to say that a place is more "creative" if there's a higher percentage of gays and lesbians. Would a place more "entreprenural" if there was a large Jewish population?

 

[Chet]

I wonder what place is the least creative, the least innovative, or the least diverse/gay?[/B]

My guess would be Texarkana

 

[el Guapo]

St. Joseph, MO

I wonder what place is the least creative, the least innovative, or the least diverse/gay?

Creativity Index: 274

Overall Rank 231
Creative Class 230
High Tech 214
Innovation 177
Diversity: not available (speaks volumes)

Least GAY! (not that there is anything wrong with that) Whoo Whoo!

 

[Dan]

Environment where you'll probably find only a very small creative class.

You'll probably encounter a large creative class here.

 

[JivecitySTL]

St. Louis:

Ranking Among Major Regions: 31

Creativity Index: 770

Overall Rank: 45
Creative Class: 57
High Tech: 24
Innovation: 76
Diversity: 153

I was hoping we'd fare a little better in this ranking, but thanks Dan-- that first pic of the Victorian homes in your post was the Lafayette Square neighborhood on STL's Near South Side.

 

[statler]

Boston

Ranking Among Major Regions: 3

Creativity Index: 1015

Rankings

Overall Rank 3
Creative Class 6
High Tech 2
Innovation 12
Diversity 41


Hmm....must be all them college kids....

 

[boiker]

Peoria - Pekin, IL
Ranking Among Major Regions: n/a

Creativity Index: 507

Ranking 141

Overall 148
Rank

Creative 178
Class

High
Tech 18

Innovation
Diversity 153

 

[Jack In The Box]

I hate San Francisco. It wins everything.