Urban Design model by Richard Florida.
city rankings: http://www.creativeclass.org/rankings.shtml
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0205.florida.html
http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/06/06/florida/
Soho Dojo [[http://sohodojo.com/ribs/creative-class.html |page]] a bit different from the Cultural Creative group
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_class In Cities And The Creative Class, Florida devoted several chapters to a discussion of the three main prerequisites of creative cities--though there are many additional qualities which distinguish creative magnets. Basically, for a city to become a magnet for the creative class, it must be an example of "the three T's" of Tal Ent (have a highly talented/educated/skilled population), Toler Ance (have a diverse community, which has a "live and let live" ethos), and Technology (have the technological Infra Structure necessary to fuel an Entrepren Eur-ial Cult Ure).