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Suburbia Vs. Gentrification: The Hipster Wars Heat Up

By James Poulos, Contributor

It’s not every day that a deep dive into the social science surrounding economic growth hinges on the word “bollocks,” but today is not like most days. Goaded by some hard-trolling Newsweek tweets, Richard Florida has unloaded on Forbes’s own Joel Kotkin — who alleges that the latest data debunks Florida’s “creative class” thesis of urban revitalization. …read more
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