Richard Florida

@Richard_Florida174k followers

Distinguished University Professor @VanderbiltU @vanderbiltowen University Professor @UofT, @rotmanschool, @UofTCities, Distinguished Senior Fellow @kresgefnd

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1	Aug 9, '24	"With nearly 195mn followers, he is America’s most influential purveyor of disinformation. In total he has made 50 posts since January 1 that have been debunked by independent fact	38.5×	531k	8.2k	3.5k	455
2	Dec 27, '22	Where Americans Are Moving To? (Via ⁦@washingtonpost⁩)	34.5×	475k	1.8k	578	92
3	Jan 8, '24	1. I have been a professor for almost 40 years now. Let me give you my perspective on what I think has happened on the political/ideological orientation university campuses that se	30.5×	421k	403	62	246
4	Jan 29, '14	The State of Our Union in One Photo ...	19.4×	0	1.1k	1.6k	0
5	Mar 19, '20	This is exactly right. Phase 1: Social/ Physical Distancing for 4-8 weeks to flatten the curve Phase 2: A New Normal Returns in Summer Phase 3: Massive/ Universal Testing & Iso	9.2×	0	968	409	74
6	Dec 10, '16	"The Russian government awarded Mr. Tillerson the country’s Order of Friendship decoration" ...	8.9×	0	475	635	0
7	Dec 2, '17	Just think about how much more damage will be inflicted in three more years. It is almost like purposeful destruction of every asset in the knowledge economy ...	8.3×	0	741	472	0
8	Jan 29, '17	1. Trump's immigration insanity threatens the very core of America's innovative edge - the ability to attract global talent.	7.5×	0	566	446	0
9	Nov 27, '16	1. We are undergoing several nested transformations at once that are causing incredible disruptions of the economic social & political order	7.4×	0	556	256	0
10	Mar 19, '20	"We can either lockdown until we have a vaccine (12–18 months), or we can ramp up free widespread testing (1 month) and get back to business." h/t: @Noahpinion:	6.9×	0	727	319	27
11	Oct 22, '19	CBC is projecting a Liberal government, Trudeau win ...	5.3×	0	799	125	2
12	Mar 9, '24	I think about this everytime someone says people are leaving cities. The reality is the super-rich are gobbling this up. Prices are stratospheric. As I like to put it, many familie	5.0×	69k	175	20	19
13	Feb 15, '14	#Sochi Medals per 10 million people: Norway 26 Slovenia 19 Latvia 15 Switzerland 9 Sweden 8 Canada 3.5 Russia 1 USA 0.5	4.7×	0	206	416	0
14	Jan 4, '21	"Trump will have to face the law he violated and violated and violated again."	4.1×	0	579	120	11
15	Apr 11, '22	"In June 2020, Zillow Group ... announced that employees could move anywhere in the country & never return to an office. The company now has more than 300 employees living in N	3.8×	0	468	86	40
16	Aug 23, '21	It’s the commute … not the office …	3.6×	0	549	93	22
17	Sep 28, '14	Loving this ...	3.6×	0	174	310	0
18	Nov 27, '16	15. The great failure of our time is the failure of the left to outline a inclusive future in this new age of urbanized knowledge capitalism	3.3×	0	354	159	0
19	Feb 23, '14	#Sochi Gold Medals per 10 million people - analysis via @CharlottadcM -	3.3×	0	170	274	0
20	Jan 18, '18	11. The 20 finalists would be well-served by making a pact to NO INCENTIVES. These mayors and economic professionals know one another & can do it. One of a number of profession	3.1×	0	324	111	0
21	Dec 23, '20	1. Race to the Bottom - That is another possible take/implication of what is happening with the rise of remote work & the geographic shifts being accelerated by the COVID-19 pa	3.0×	0	236	74	66
22	Apr 7, '20	"We are learning that hospitals might be the main Covid-19 carriers ... They are rapidly populated by infected patients, facilitating transmission to uninfected patients.”	2.9×	0	306	126	16
23	Apr 2, '20	Here's a map of Coronavirus vulnerability from Bert Sperling, based on density, age, obesity, diabetes, hospitals, ICU beds, and population ...	2.9×	0	279	117	28
24	Jan 8, '24	11. Students would come to my classes or my office and tell me they wanted to help make cities better - more innovative, productive & inclusive - but other classes they were ta	2.9×	40k	192	11	13
25	Jan 18, '18	1. Few surprises on the #AmazonHQ2 Shortlist: Atlanta Austin Boston Chicago ColumbusDallas Denver Indianapolis Los Angeles Miami Montgomery County Nashville, Newark New York City N	2.8×	0	171	105	0
26	Jun 17, '18	This is from the person who wrote the history of concentration camps ...	2.8×	0	214	200	1
27	Jun 7, '14	Where Silicon Valley's Talent Comes From GRAPHIC -	2.7×	0	166	203	0
28	Jan 29, '17	2. Even if the ban is lifted, the system has been shocked and global talent put on alert.	2.6×	0	243	154	0
29	Jul 22, '18	Toronto has 97 cranes. Sydney 346. Dubai 1182 ...	2.5×	0	243	112	6
30	Dec 5, '17	Without Immigrants the Fortune 500 Would Be the Fortune 284 -My latest @CityLab:	2.4×	0	226	133	0
31	Nov 27, '16	in BOTH parties, across the board ... History will remember those who stayed quiet ...	2.4×	0	261	135	0
32	Feb 14, '19	1. Amazon has shown its true colors. It refuses to deal reasonably with its hometown of Seattle or any community that asks for it to pay its freight. This is abusive & shows ho	2.4×	0	278	106	2
33	Feb 26, '17	We are witnessing the end of America's long run at attracting the world's top global talent. That will be among Trump's various legacies ...	2.4×	0	199	150	0
34	May 28, '24	Here is my view on university encampments. I fully support the right to protest. But a university campus is no place for an encampment of any kind for any agenda. It threatens some	2.3×	32k	240	39	13
35	Jul 22, '20	Toronto’s ravines may be my favorite place in the world. The juxtaposition of the natural and built environment or should I say their integration, is to me the greatest thing about	2.3×	0	322	52	2
36	Mar 10, '18	1. I want to try to put Doug Ford's win of the Ontario PC party in some context especially for American observers of Canada.	2.2×	0	215	82	1
37	Mar 10, '18	9. Any way you slice it, a bad day for Ontario & Toronto ...	2.2×	0	291	54	0
38	Jan 31, '17	Upside of Trump: He is knocking the shit out of American complacency, & causing wide swaths of people to become politically engaged ...	2.2×	0	247	93	0
39	Mar 14, '17	The tip of the proverbial iceberg. Wait until the lagged effects show up in a couple of decades ...	2.1×	0	161	140	0
40	Feb 1, '17	Trump is working fast to undermine two key pillars of American innovation & wealth generation: its universities & openness to immigrants ...	2.0×	0	137	151	0
41	Feb 6, '19	1. This is something we turned up in research on Toronto too. We found mental disorders cut across almost every socio-economic category, save for one group: recent immigrants.	2.0×	0	173	94	14
42	Aug 6, '18	PAY ATTENTION CITIES!!!! “A bicycle, for me, was the only way to get around the city. If I wanted to meet some of my friends, travel across the city, go to school, play basketball—	2.0×	0	242	88	1
43	Nov 30, '16	Clinton 55% of the vote in metros with more than 1 million people, which generate 2/3s of America’s economic output:	1.9×	0	148	117	0
44	Jan 8, '24	13. I think it’s very easy to see this kind of ideological work. Because it’s not actual research or facts or data. Their research output is basically opinion and essay. Most acade	1.9×	26k	151	8	9
45	Jul 10, '18	With the beautiful weather, I have been cycling regularly in Toronto. The conditions are beyond appalling. Worse than I remembered or imagine. This is a terrible crisis. More peopl	1.9×	0	219	76	0
46	Nov 21, '16	1. The whole Clinton lost because of the white working class meme suffers from bad math.	1.8×	0	143	81	0
47	Mar 14, '22	1. Checking the new @axios Poll on where college students want to live post-graduation. Interesting stuff in many ways.	1.8×	0	154	38	29
48	Mar 10, '18	7. My real fear is that by simply coming this far Doug Ford i will now take away any advantage Toronto or Ontario have had in competing for American tech projects & chill the c	1.8×	0	208	65	0
49	Nov 17, '18	"That a trillion-dollar company run by the world’s richest man could run an American Idol auction on more than 230 cities & pick up a handy $3 billion of taxpayer money in the	1.8×	0	194	81	6
50	Aug 15, '22	1. Take a close look at this chart. It a very different & very useful take on downtown recovery of North American cities by my @UofTCities colleague @profchapple.	1.7×	0	168	40	25
51	Jun 1, '17	1. I never thought I could feel as bad for America a I did on election day, but today I feel as bad or worse.	1.7×	0	156	86	0
52	Aug 17, '18	Compare to average household size. 1930: 4.1 people 1950: 3.7 1950: 3.3 1980: 2.8 1990: 2.6 2017: 2.5 In 1930, average person had 255 SF of space. In 2017, average person has four	1.7×	0	178	85	2
53	Sep 6, '18	Jane Jacobs Hated Community Participation Processes. She Was Right. My latest @CityLab:	1.7×	0	153	70	12
54	Sep 9, '17	Miami’s mayor on Hurricane Irma: "If this isn’t climate change, I don’t know what is."	1.6×	0	159	97	0
55	Sep 27, '16	Even when he loses, Trump is a huge stain on America's character. I feel sick watching this ...	1.6×	0	165	88	0
56	Jul 26, '20	We shouldn’t mourn the loss of the central business district, giant retail complexes, or commercial office towers. Let’s use the opportunity to rebuild cities & suburbs around	1.6×	0	212	53	6
57	Oct 5, '16	For just the third time in its history, the editors of The Atlantic endorse a candidate for president:	1.6×	0	145	99	0
58	Jun 27, '20	Ask Yourself: Why is it that North American cities cannot do this?	1.6×	0	236	35	5
59	May 14, '17	Exactly. It is shocking & disgraceful ...	1.6×	0	146	100	0
60	May 16, '24	One of the great urban turnarounds of all time. Much remains to be done, but this is testimony to an aggressive and consistent strategy.	1.6×	22k	140	23	3
61	Mar 10, '18	6. It's like a Trumpist populist running for Governor of a large American Blue State, like California, NY or Massachusetts. That's what makes it especially scary.	1.5×	0	191	47	0
62	May 10, '21	I remember being in Paris say 4 years ago with a small child & thinking how nuts the cars were. What an incredible change for the better.	1.5×	0	243	38	9
63	May 4, '18	Happy 102nd Jane. You not only predicted the comeback of cities & their importance to economic growth, you predicted Trump's America:	1.5×	0	161	76	5
64	May 28, '24	Outrageous. I fully support the right to protest. But this does not belong anywhere near a university campus ...	1.5×	21k	143	30	7
65	Nov 3, '18	WOW. This from Amazon's Director of Economic Development. Illuminating on several different levels ...	1.5×	0	172	70	1
66	Apr 2, '17	Income inequality does not explain the rise of Trumpism/ populism, geographic inequality + racism does ...	1.5×	0	175	67	0
67	Mar 19, '21	Even stranger, I feel melancholy about returning to the old normal. I have forged much deeper connection to family & friends. I have gotten off the rat race. I found something	1.5×	0	247	18	9
68	Apr 4, '20	1. Let's say colleges and universities can't reopen in the fall, because of fits & starts of the virus or fear of second wave. We need to plan now to reopen classes, dining hal	1.4×	0	120	43	10
69	Jun 8, '18	Anthony Bourdain, Urbanist.	1.4×	0	154	60	5
70	Oct 31, '19	For starters ... Reduce speed limits Take away licenses for excessive speeding Install pedestrian right-of-way cross walks Eliminate right on red Stagger light changes to enable pe	1.4×	0	175	54	1
71	Sep 6, '17	@USATODAY This is fantastic. Will you publish the lists. Who is a member, who has resigned?	1.4×	0	240	31	0
72	Jan 21, '17	THIS ...	1.3×	0	117	83	0
73	Feb 8, '19	Here’s some advice to @Amazon @jeffbezos Give the incentive money back - you don’t need it and the potential brand damage is too great. Pledge to be a good corporate citizen &	1.3×	0	179	48	0
74	Mar 23, '17	Trumpy will kill the Rustbelt ...	1.3×	0	113	78	0
75	Dec 21, '20	A Post-Pandemic Prediction in 2 Parts: 1. Cities, dense living, urban amenities will come roaring back as people crave connection in the Roaring 2020s. 2. Office/Central Business D	1.3×	0	150	29	9
76	Jan 29, '18	1. The Amazon HQ2 competition is a ruse. As usual, the "game" pits cities & states against each other to come away with the biggest deal. it's time for mayors & governors t	1.3×	0	138	55	0
77	Nov 18, '16	The electoral college is just one of the many institutions that are stacked against our cities - our true innovation & economic engines ...	1.3×	0	154	54	0
78	Jun 16, '21	.@ranaflorida & I just got a visit from Canadian public health authorities checking on our quarantine. We are now being observed doing our Day 8 online Covid test. We are both	1.3×	0	177	19	0
79	Jan 18, '18	12. @amazon should recalibrate and say it does not want incentives & will work as a partner with these communities to address their issues & challenges of affordable housin	1.2×	0	155	54	0
80	Jun 13, '18	Say what you want about social media. But I still find this twitter to be one of the best modes of idea exchange of any. I find debates to be civil, interesting & exciting.	1.2×	0	212	12	2
81	Dec 9, '19	Winner-Take-All Urbanism ... "Just five metropolitan areas—Boston; San Diego; San Francisco; Seattle; and San Jose, Calif.—accounted for 90% of all U.S. high-tech job growth betwee	1.2×	0	139	41	17
82	Nov 7, '20	Today’s Biden victory stands as one of the three biggest impact events of my life alongside JFK’s assassination and 911.	1.2×	0	219	10	1
83	Nov 21, '17	"Trump won white voters at every level of class and income. He won workers, he won managers, he won owners, he won robber barons. This is not a working-class coalition; it is a nat	1.2×	0	128	57	0
84	Mar 10, '18	3. Recall that his brother Rob Ford ran and won as mayor of Toronto. That alone is like having a Trumpist as mayor of say NY or LA ...	1.2×	0	165	33	1
85	Apr 24, '19	Speaks to why a Mayor like @PeteButtigieg is our best chance to unify the country:	1.2×	0	200	25	5
86	Jul 6, '20	Make American Less Innovative Again ...	1.2×	0	160	42	1
87	Nov 27, '16	2. The first is the shift from natural resources & physical power/labor to knowledge - where the mind has become the means of production.	1.2×	0	138	52	0
88	Mar 10, '18	5. Doug Ford is running on a populist platform in Ontario a province that has much more in common with a large American Blue State like NY or Massachusetts or California.	1.1×	0	151	34	0
89	Nov 27, '16	17. At the very top of the list that means a vision of how the 70 million members of the low wage multi-racial service class can prosper	1.1×	0	148	39	0
90	Nov 22, '16	We've been at this, what, two weeks: How do we live through FOUR YEARS of it ...?	1.1×	0	137	41	0
91	Jan 9, '17	Another uber-rich silver spoon NYer playing the American working class for fools ....	1.0×	0	137	43	0
92	Jun 13, '18	@jen_keesmaat I am now less sure than you. I am rebuffed at every level. I cannot even get my progressive councilor to help make a single street safe. I have never ever seen a cult	1.0×	0	115	37	0
93	Dec 3, '17	"Before we slipped into an alternate universe of unabashed corruption, this tweet alone might have ended a Presidential administration."	1.0×	0	116	53	0
94	Nov 27, '16	16. That does not mean reaching backward to placate the forces of reaction but creating a vision of a diverse inclusive & prosperous society	1.0×	0	138	40	0
95	Aug 24, '24	"I share the perspective that most San Franciscans have, which is good riddance,” via @NYTimes	1.0×	14k	122	33	3
96	Nov 27, '16	10. But in contrast claims of American "decline," the US is perhaps best positioned of any place to succeed/ compete in this new age.	1.0×	0	135	37	0
97	Dec 16, '18	“The number one reason companies chose not to expand in New York was the condition of transportation infrastructure.” ...	1.0×	0	125	32	1
98	Jun 1, '20	1. It is far too soon to predict the death of cities.	1.0×	0	134	24	1
99	Mar 18, '21	As an American who lives in Canada (Toronto), I cannot tell you how transformative this is. It will help open the border -too many people can't cross and see their families- &	0.8×	0	133	14	0

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