tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post116002550369700210..comments2008-08-30T08:53:10.290-05:00Comments on fix buffalo today: Richard Florida v. Buffalo, NYfix buffalohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01098871938531527101noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-1160110999504993482006-10-06T00:03:00.000-05:002006-10-06T00:03:00.000-05:002006-10-06T00:03:00.000-05:00dennykexplaindennykexplainfix buffalohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01098871938531527101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-1160110923556862392006-10-06T00:02:00.000-05:002006-10-06T00:02:00.000-05:002006-10-06T00:02:00.000-05:00Hank Bromley sent this in - the underlying study t...Hank Bromley sent this in - the underlying study to Florida's piece in the Atlantic Monthly.Superstar Cities [pdf] by Joseph Gyourko, Christopher Mayer, Todd Sinai NBER Working Paper No. 12355Issued in July 2006Here's the abstract...Differences in house price and income growth rates between 1950 and 2000 across metropolitan areas have led to an ever-widening gap in housing values and incomes fix buffalohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01098871938531527101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-1160080396441432862006-10-05T15:33:00.000-05:002006-10-05T15:33:00.000-05:002006-10-05T15:33:00.000-05:00Florida's ego runneth over, and his tables are mea...Florida's ego runneth over, and his tables are meaningless.dennyknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-1160078891737702982006-10-05T15:08:00.000-05:002006-10-05T15:08:00.000-05:002006-10-05T15:08:00.000-05:00Could be a whole host of reason why this is off. I...Could be a whole host of reason why this is off. I'm not a Florida fan because his analysis always seem to support his own beliefs and ideas and he focuses on areas that prove what hje saying but never a look at areas where it isn't the case. Anyway, as a master's grad in urban planning and someone involved in housing, and without the numbers, my sense is that the increase in housing cost might Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-1160054060081787972006-10-05T08:14:00.000-05:002006-10-05T08:14:00.000-05:002006-10-05T08:14:00.000-05:00Just looking at the table, I cannot help but think...Just looking at the table, I cannot help but think that something is missing, since Buffalo has more institutions of higher learning per capita than most of the higher-ranking cities. I can't put my finger on it so I'll have to read Florida's article when I have more time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-1160028014289102692006-10-05T01:00:00.000-05:002006-10-05T01:00:00.000-05:002006-10-05T01:00:00.000-05:00Anon,...here's the link - Urban Legend.Just starte...Anon,...here's the link - Urban Legend.Just started reading that, thanks!fix buffalohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01098871938531527101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-1160026556393547252006-10-05T00:35:00.000-05:002006-10-05T00:35:00.000-05:002006-10-05T00:35:00.000-05:00Kotkin is still very much anti-Florida. Check out ...Kotkin is still very much anti-Florida. Check out his most recent (excellent) essay in Democracy -- A Journal of Ideas.http://www.democracyjournal.org/article.php?ID=6483Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com