tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post997496876527052620..comments2023-10-27T03:16:03.213-04:00Comments on Burgh Diaspora: Suburban FailureJim Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13078184665418828961noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-23365902174599897112009-12-01T13:36:22.416-05:002009-12-01T13:36:22.416-05:00Creative Class displacement is only really applica...Creative Class displacement is only really applicable to a few brand-name cities (I've seen it first-hand in San Francisco, and the argument seems sound for San Diego, Seattle, NY and maybe Atlanta). <br /><br />For mid-sized cities, I have a feeling that changing housing policy, transit policy and consumption patterns have far more to do with the declining periphery than the creative class. The poor didn't always need cars to get to their increasingly marginal jobs.<br /><br />There's lots of talk about the fall in housing and food as share of a working-class income, but I'll bet it's easily balanced by the cost of a ride - especially now that Cash for Clunkers has taken so many affordable used cars off the market...Mark Arsenalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577014392699564592noreply@blogger.com