Summary Of The New Urban Crisis
The New Urban Crisis This precis is a summary and critique of the book The New Urban Crisis, by Richard Florida.
SUMMARY
The book is centered around Florida’s argument “The decline of the middle class, and the emergence of the creative class, are the reason for the widening gap of inequality throughout the world.” He defines the creative class as, the top third of American earners, and the working class as those who are physical labors, and the service class, who are waiters and retail workers etc. Florida claims that cities like New York and San Francisco do well because that’s where those with money want to be. This trend is even more prominent in the suburbs, for example, between 2000 and 2013, the poverty rate in cities grew 29 percent, and in the suburbs, it was a 66 percent increase. Florida claims that there are now more poor people living in the suburbs than in cities. The shift in poverty is creating a negative impact on society, for instance, murders in the suburbs have risen 17 percent between 2001 and 2010. This means for poor people stuck in the suburbs have fewer opportunities and lack the social services of the …show more content…
The statements he makes supporting his argument have some glaring inconsistencies. The first contradiction is his claims that with inequality comes slow growth, however, he also states that New York and San Francisco are growing at a rapid pace. Inequality is at its peak in large affluent cities, most notably SF & NY. Another claim Florida makes is inequality and economic segregation are “deadly” because they support the advantages and disadvantages. He also states that Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Boston are all segregated and unequal but they offer of upward mobility for people living in poverty. Those two distinct contradictions and his top urban-crisis cities list include Los Angeles and New
SUMMARY
The book is centered around Florida’s argument “The decline of the middle class, and the emergence of the creative class, are the reason for the widening gap of inequality throughout the world.” He defines the creative class as, the top third of American earners, and the working class as those who are physical labors, and the service class, who are waiters and retail workers etc. Florida claims that cities like New York and San Francisco do well because that’s where those with money want to be. This trend is even more prominent in the suburbs, for example, between 2000 and 2013, the poverty rate in cities grew 29 percent, and in the suburbs, it was a 66 percent increase. Florida claims that there are now more poor people living in the suburbs than in cities. The shift in poverty is creating a negative impact on society, for instance, murders in the suburbs have risen 17 percent between 2001 and 2010. This means for poor people stuck in the suburbs have fewer opportunities and lack the social services of the …show more content…
The statements he makes supporting his argument have some glaring inconsistencies. The first contradiction is his claims that with inequality comes slow growth, however, he also states that New York and San Francisco are growing at a rapid pace. Inequality is at its peak in large affluent cities, most notably SF & NY. Another claim Florida makes is inequality and economic segregation are “deadly” because they support the advantages and disadvantages. He also states that Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Boston are all segregated and unequal but they offer of upward mobility for people living in poverty. Those two distinct contradictions and his top urban-crisis cities list include Los Angeles and New