Richard Florida attempts to answer this question in The Great Reset:
The world is undergoing the largest wave of migration back to cities in history; markets are listening to the needs and wants of Generation Y; and Seattle will become an epicenter of ideas and creative energy.
How will new housing products respond to this convergence?
In Richard Florida’s book “The Great Reset,” he theorizes that a new, post-recession America will emerge, shaped by the needs of the creative class.
Florida says: “The places that thrive today are those with the highest velocity of ideas, the highest density of talented and creative people, and the highest rate of metabolism. Cities like Seattle, Vancouver, B.C., and Portland will become a single labor market, attracting the very best minds, energy and talent. Seattle, New York, Silicon Valley and college towns will survive; ex-urban Phoenix or Las Vegas will struggle for years to come.
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