Someone is out to get Richard Florida, and it's not me!

I am proud to say that the citizens of Toronto have had enough of Richard Florida. Or well, enough to begin this website: http://creativeclassstruggle.wordpress.com/

for some backgrounder on my e-relationship with Richard, see: "Dear Richard Florida..."
And Richard's response: "My newest favoritist critic"

While I am wary of most critics who haven't actually read his entire body of work, I am pro-anybody who wants to think critically about the work that he has produced and the brand that he has produced. Now Florida's work is still correlationary, bad, pop culture referenced, personal-anecdotal-evidenced research. In short, far from academically rigourous. But I can't deny that he has changed his tune. He is on the "diversity is key" bend. And it really is for the purposes of playing the odds. You see, Florida wants us to attract the best and brightest, which in his alliterative terms means Talented (educated), Tolerant (of ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, etc), and Technology (people who will booster existing base of quaternary industry smarts/tech industry). But to do this his solution is to make the general living climate good to attract everyone (even those not in the creative class) and then some of them are BOUND to be part of the creative class and booster our economy. In short, Florida is playing the odds.

Another thing I have noticed, is that Mayor Miller is slutting Richard Florida out now. In public speeches Miller used to refernce creativity and allude to the creative class. Now he's just going all out and saying Richard Florida's name. To make matters worse, Mayor Miller is developing the same SPEECH patterns as Richard Florida when attempting to make a point. Miller is becoming a VERY anecdotal speaker. Dear Mayor Miller, if I have to hear a story about your mother one more time so you can make a point and answer a question that is entirely unrelated, I might have to punch myself in the face to relieve the pain.

Long story short, there's a movement started to bring down "Brand Florida" and you should be "creative" and join. I guarantee Richard will be there, or at least send one of his posse.

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