Is Raleigh Trying to Become a Boutique City?

Here is another thought provoking article by Joel Kotkin.  He notes that cities used to be places that created a middle class. Now the disturbing trend is the boutique city, aka one that is redesigned to attract Richard Florida’s “creative class.”  It seems that Raleigh’s city fathers and mothers are trying their hardest to change Raleigh from a successful traditional city into a boutique city.