Perhaps as many as 40 per cent (according to one estimate) of people might be considered members of the creative class.

To be successful, places need to attract and keep members of this creative class.

Now, he explained, living here feels like being at the center of something rapidly expanding and evolving: a vibrant creative class; a community of engaged artists, architects, and chefs.

As land and property values soar, even comparatively well-off members of the creative class are being priced out.

It makes a made-it accountant feel that he's joining the creative class.