Richard Florida is a University Professor and Director of Cities at the\xa0Martin Prosperity Institute\xa0at the University of Toronto, he's a writer and journalist, and he serves as senior editor for\xa0The Atlantic, where he co-founded and serves as Editor-at-Large for\xa0CityLab. He's also the author of a new book,\xa0The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class-and What We Can Do About It.\nIn this interview with Chuck Marohn, Florida discusses the backlash to one of his most famous books,\xa0The Rise of the Creative Class,\xa0and the growth in inequality and economic segregation in American cities, which he cites as a much bigger problem than gentrification. Florida also shares his reaction to the presidential election and his thoughts about the future of the suburbs.