Smart Growth Quotes

“Economic systems do not exist in the abstract; they are embedded within the geographic fabric of the society - the way land is used, the locations of homes and business, the infrastructure that ties people, places, and commerce together.”
― Richard Florida, The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity

“The places that thrive today are those with the highest velocity of ideas, the highest density of talented and creative people, and the highest rate of metabolism. "Velocity" and "density" are not words many people use when describing suburbia.”
― Richard Florida, The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity

“There are three key attributes that make people happy in their communities and cause them to develop a solid emotional attachment to the place they live in. The first is the physical beauty and the level of maintenance of the place itself - great open spaces and parks, historic buildings, and an attention to community aesthetics. The second is the ease with which people can meet others, make friends, and plug into social networks. The third piece of the happiness puzzle is the level of diversity, open-mindedness, and acceptance: Is there some equality of opportunity for all? Can anyone - everyone - contribute to and take pleasure from the community?”
― Richard Florida, The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity

“Infrastructure is always hugely expensive, and there's no clear way to measure the overall future return on investment, whether it's in the form of innovation, development, or new communities or jobs. Infrastructure provides a skeleton on which to grow a new economic model. The infrastructure investments we make now will determine the kind of economy we have in the future.”
― Richard Florida, The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity