# Florences are sticky People tend to *stay* in a Florence even if they came for a specific job. Contrast that to places where people do “a tour of duty” where they go and work there for a few years and then go back to wherever they were from. The original pull to a Florence may be the idea that someone was going to do a tour of duty but at some point that tour is extended more and more … This raises the inevitable question: [[What makes a Florence Sticky For People?]] <!-- #evergreen --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Florences+are+sticky) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Florences+are+sticky)