It might be more accurate to say that these intense agglomerations attract people of all classes, and that the resulting cultural growth attracts the creative class, specifically. "I could not have anticipated among all this urban growth and revival that there was a dark side to the urban creative revolution, a very deep dark side." The dark side is the focus of Florida's latest book, The New Urban Crisis. He explains that this incoming creative class tide has benefited some communities, but divided others, creating a bifurcated, "winner-take-all" urbanism. Generally, the creative class lives within or just outside city boundaries, while the service class occupies suburbs.

Source: Forbes April 26, 2017 17:48 UTC