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> Art, Museums, Sports, Music, Food etc. all contribute to what what we call culture. I love museums, but I go once or twice a year. Same with live sports. It

by freyir 10y ago

> Art, Museums, Sports, Music, Food etc. all contribute to what what we call culture. I love museums, but I go once or twice a year. Same with live sports. It doesn't really justify living in a place. Live music is great, although admittedly I don't do that as much as I used to. One of my favorite cultural activities? Traveling to experience another cultural. Nothing's quite as conducive to that as a low cost of living when I'm not traveling.

pm90 10y ago
Sure traveling is great when you have the resources to do so on a regular basis. For the large majority of urbanites, regular travel is either not affordable nor very convenient (note that most of the people on this forum probably can travel frequently; I'm talking about the general populace). In such cases, events put out in local venues provide the best opportunities for recreation. It depends on which museum you're talking about. The Museum of Modern Art in Houston generally has month long exhibitions which I love. There is a Museum of Art in Austin which has even more regular events, based on different themes etc. So I definitely do visit museums more than once a year :)
- VLM 10y ago
  That is exactly the point freyir and I are trying to make. Because I don't live in Chicago, but I can visit anytime I want with minimal effort or financial impact, I can afford to visit Chicago any time I want. Perhaps I will visit your museum in Houston some time. I like visiting famous museums, that's why I don't live nearby any famous ones, specifically so I can afford to visit them. I enjoyed visiting NYC and traveling all over Ireland which was only financially possible because I don't live in a "cultural capital". Chicago BTW has some excellent museums. You can easily spend an entire weekend at the Field museum or the MSI or the aquarium and because I don't live there, I can afford to do so.

by freyir 10y ago

pm90 10y ago

Sure traveling is great when you have the resources to do so on a regular basis. For the large majority of urbanites, regular travel is either not affordable nor very convenient (note that most of the people on this forum probably can travel frequently; I'm talking about the general populace). In such cases, events put out in local venues provide the best opportunities for recreation. It depends on which museum you're talking about. The Museum of Modern Art in Houston generally has month long exhibitions which I love. There is a Museum of Art in Austin which has even more regular events, based on different themes etc. So I definitely do visit museums more than once a year :)

VLM 10y ago
That is exactly the point freyir and I are trying to make. Because I don't live in Chicago, but I can visit anytime I want with minimal effort or financial impact, I can afford to visit Chicago any time I want. Perhaps I will visit your museum in Houston some time. I like visiting famous museums, that's why I don't live nearby any famous ones, specifically so I can afford to visit them. I enjoyed visiting NYC and traveling all over Ireland which was only financially possible because I don't live in a "cultural capital". Chicago BTW has some excellent museums. You can easily spend an entire weekend at the Field museum or the MSI or the aquarium and because I don't live there, I can afford to do so.