Creative Class – Just for Rich, Non-locals

An interesting article from Germany decries how cities bent on encouraging the creative class to move in and stimulate the economy have gentrified. It appears that now there is a backlash from locals who can no longer afford or relate to their hometowns. It makes one wonder if urban planners bent on creating innovation economies are creating soulless communities for rich wankers and hipsters. It also begs the question, how can we retain the history and culture of a place while still encouraging economic development? http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,670600,00.html