Who’s Your City?

Book Review by Laura Neidert for NCDA, 11/1/2008.

  Who’s Your City? How The Creative Economy Is Making Where To Live The Most Important Decision Of Your Life. By Richard Florida. Basic Books,  2008. (384 pages)

As career counselors, we spend a great deal of time working with clients helping them to create change in their lives. We talk to them about researching the company, writing a good cover letter, and being prepared for tough interview questions. But Richard Florida thinks that we might be missing an important point. Florida argues that “the place we choose to live affects every aspect of our being. It can determine the income we earn, the people we meet, the friends we make, the partners we choose, and the options available to our children and families”. Who’s Your City? How The Creative Economy Is Making Where To Live The Most Important Decision Of Your Life, serves as a useful resource to help understand why geographic choice matters, and how location can impact our clients’ lives in surprising ways.

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