MORE TO TALK ABOUT

Some other things I hope to discuss on this blog space: gentrification and shifting population.

And this general premise:
Historically, culture developed in big city places like Manhattan, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles where there was a large population and fusion of different kinds of people. To add fuel, artists, creatives and younger educated people tended to relocate to these urban locations (think: Left Bank Paris, Greenwich Village or even Hollywood).

In the 1990's, smaller cites started getting attention. Seattle, Austin and Boulder picked up population and were touted as 'digital age leaders'. It has been said this is because they had the lifestyle amenities like access to outdoor recreation that tended attract the 'knowledge worker'. (a 2000 Richard Florida sorta thing). Additionally, aging hippies turned yuppie tend to be found in these 'latte town' locations. (a year 2000 David Brooks term).

Seems however, last several years, cites like Omaha, Boise, Baltimore and Dayton have been tagged as affordable and up-and-coming with the idea set. Or a created art community in a rural, low population town, like Marfa, Texas or Paducah, Kentucky.

But, with broadband internet access, will we need to be bound to a physical place at all for an exchange of ideas in the future?