Intelligence Density and the Creative Class 185
Doofus writes "The Atlantic has an interesting review of some open-sourced work by Rob Pitingolo about the comparative educational attainment levels of various metropolitan areas. While people are now capable of being far more mobile than in generations past, many people remain within 100 miles or so of where they were born. For the technology-partition of the creative class, this is less likely to be the case, in my personal experience. Do we technical people put interesting work and the concentration of human educational capital ahead of other considerations when deciding on a move? Or is it more complicated? Is it more about the fact that the creative jobs are where the creative people are?"
Re:Creative class? Please join the real world (Score:5, Informative)
Several key factors that differentiate members of the Creative Class and "people in any field that happen to be creative" include the generation of new knowledge, of one sort or another, or the generation of innovative solutions to difficult problems.
This does not take away any sliver of the importance of the creativity demonstrated by the classes of work you noted, but the scope of their impact is completely different.
Re:Family (Score:5, Informative)
"Until there is a robot that can stay home with Mom and look after her, help her take her meds and buy her groceries, do light household and yard work, etc."
FYI, when Mom and Dad move from "needing light assistance" to "incompetent, incontinent, and incoherent" they WILL go beyond the abilities of a single caregiver.
Make as much money as you can, research elder care LONG before they (and, eventually, you) need it, research how to save THEIR assets as well as yours, and how to avoid probate. If you are able to read this, NOW is a good time, not when the shit hits the fan. Caring for mad. dying old folks is exhausting, stresses a marriage/relationship, and is expensive.
Modern medical technology gives us the ability to suffer for many years. Get ready. You have been warned.
Re:Why would you have to move? This isn't 1910. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:it's more complicated (Score:5, Informative)
Rank City % Above Expected Concentration
1 Oklahoma City 544%
2 Nashville 167%
3 Jacksonville 156%
4 Salt Lake City 87%
5 Kansas City 84%
6 Seattle 78%
7 Raleigh 73%
8 San Francisco 61%
9 New Orleans 54%
10 Atlanta 50%
11 Austin 48%
12 Virginia Beach 46%
13 Washington 45%
14 Charlotte 43%
15 Louisville 42%
16 Portland 35%
17 Birmingham 32%
18 San Diego 31%
19 Minneapolis 30%
20 Orlando 28%
21 Denver 27%
22 Boston 22%
23 St. Paul 13%
24 Indianapolis 11%
25 Richmond 9%
26 Tampa 9%
27 San Jose 8%
28 Pittsburgh 6%
29 Oakland 6%
30 Columbus 5%
31 Cincinnatti -3%
32 New York City -10%
33 Sacramento -11%
34 Houston -11%
35 Memphis -12%
36 Dallas -12%
37 Chicago -15%
38 Los Angeles -17%
39 Phoenix -23%
40 Providence -23%
41 San Antonio -25%
42 St. Louis -25%
43 Balitmore -30%
44 Miami -32%
45 Las Vegas -34%
46 Riverside -37%
47 Buffalo -38%
48 Philadelphia -41%
49 Milwaukee -43%
50 Cleveland -61%
51 Hartford -62%
52 Detroit -68%
I find this much more interesting than the face palm-esque pop. density ranking original list. Interesting how 7 of the top ten are southern cities.