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Young Workers Like Mixed-Use Cities
Those of you who know the Let's Save Michigan blog are familiar with our belief that young workers are attracted to mixed-use urban areas, and the trend is only going to grow stronger. Today, we're happy to announce an ivory tower on the East Coast agrees — the Harvard Business Review has an article in their May with science and data to support this position.
According to the good folks at Grist, author Ania Wieckowski:
[F]inds that both young workers and retiring baby boomers want neighborhoods that offer shops, parks, schools, arts centers, and the like. The same preference holds for compact suburban cores, so it's not as if every business in Chicago needs to find space in the downtown Loop. There's data behind this: In the last U.S. census, 64 percent of college-educated 25- to 34-year-olds said they searched for a job after choosing the city where they wanted to live.
It's not just a matter of taste. There are a lot of real problems associated with auto-dependent living, says Wieckowski.
Read the entire HBR piece here. (we recommend it)
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