It may be common sense, but the man is taking on statements and positions
attributed to Richard Florida that the man never made. Florida is not
impressed with stadiums, and in a recent interview with Salon, he basically
said that people generally don't opt to move to a metropolitan area because
Mike Jensvold writes:
http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w050523s=kotkin052305
-Myth No. 1: Cities are again gaining people.
..Cities, meanwhile, are becoming ever smaller parts of their metro
areas.
Minneapolis is a prime example. In the '90s the Midwestern city's
population grew roughly
David Brauer
It's true people leave cities, especially downtowns, when they start
families. However, the writer ignores the OTHER major group flocking to
downtowns - empty nesters. The 50-60-year-olds are a MAJOR driving force
behind Downtown Minneapolis growth, and at least half come from the
I wrote, re: empty nesters fueling the condo boom -
Also, here's a little tidbit from local research firm DSU: nine of the 10
fastest-growing demographic groups in America are people without kids. So
kidlessness is a growth industry.
Then Jeanne wrote:
It's about a twenty year growth
On Thursday, May 26, 2005, at 06:00 AM, Jeanne Massey wrote:
According to state forecasts, the fastest population growth will be
among
people aged 50 to 64 through 2010. By 2015, this age group begins to
decline
rapidly as the retirement of the baby-boom generation gets underway.
Boomers
Cities must return to a progressive focus on fixing their real
problems--that is, the problems of the majority of the people who live
there--not serving the interests of artists, hipsters, and their wealthy
patrons. Right now* school reform is often hostage to the power of
teachers' unions*.
Jeanne Massey wrote:
By the 2020s, baby boomleters (kids of baby boomers) will be having kids
and likely buying homes in big numbers (though not as big as in their
parents'
generation), filling in some (but not likely all) those homes built for
their parents' generation.
Not quite accurate.
Jeanne Massey wrote:
By the 2020s, baby boomleters (kids of baby boomers) will be having kids
And likely buying homes in big numbers (though not as big as in their
parents' generation), filling in some (but not likely all) those homes built
for their parents' generation.
Dottie Titus responds:
