As cities add more housing density in the downtown areas how will the nighttime economy (bars, restaurants, theaters and other night life) be affected? No longer is it just a matter of traffic, noise, parking and safety. Now it's a matter of livability for residents as well. Issues of livability are central to economic and workforce development goals. Civic leaders and those involved in the nighttime economy need to address the needs of all stakeholders. Matt Carmichael, editor of Livability.com talks about how Best Places to Live are ranked and rated and then offers strategies to avoid collisions between residents and businesses as cities move into 24/7 economies. This talk was presented to the Responsible Hospitality Institute in June 2015.

1. Livability: Night and Day
matt carmichael
mattc@livability.com
@mcarmichael

6. “We’re maximizing long-term
ROC and ROL, return on
collisions and return on luck.
We’re accelerating
serendipity.”
– Tony Hsieh, CEO Zappos/Founder
Downtown Las Vegas Project

7. Collision Avoidance Systems

8. Livability

9. Doing something unoriginal?
Do it better

10. "We should start by acknowledging this key fact:
64 percent of the most mobile people in our
society – college-educated 25- to 34-year-olds –
say, first, they choose the city they want to live
in, then they look for a job."
“64% of the most mobile people
in our society – college-educated
25- to 34-year-olds – say, first
they choose the city they want to
live in, then they look for a job.”
– Carol Coletta

11. Location matters

13. What makes a great place to live?

14. What really matters?

16. Stop focusing on Millennials

19. TWENTYSOMETHING

20. • Cities/urban cores are becoming ideally suited
to younger (and to an extent older living)

21. Now this is living…

23. “We are intentionally designing
workplaces of the future –
live/work/play environments … for
employees and the neighboring
community.
Victor Hugo Rodriguez, State Farm

32. “About once a month someone says
to me, I was against everything you
guys wanted to do, and boy was I
wrong.”
– Knox White, Mayor, Greenville, SC

33. Thanks!
matt carmichael
mattc@livability.com
@mcarmichael