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As in, the place where the ideas and ideologies of tomorrow are born? What we're looking then for is a place where intellectuals and free thinkers go to meet. C
by tormeh 10y ago
As in, the place where the ideas and ideologies of tomorrow are born? What we're looking then for is a place where intellectuals and free thinkers go to meet. Certainly SF makes a good case, but it's mostly about business as far as I can tell. NY or London are multicultural enough, but I don't hear much out of either, possibly because the high rent force people away from creative endeavors. Berlin has a lot of art and radical political movements, but the latter seem mostly like the aftershocks of yesterday's battles and the former rarely matter that much. Does anything happen in Paris these days? Beijing/Shenzhen would be somewhat safe bets were it not for the repressiveness of the Chinese political system. India is still worrying about nutrition and toilets, but maybe Mumbai is worth considering?
It's hard to tell, really. These things can only really be seen in hindsight.
- kixiQu 10y agoI don't disagree, but would add for anyone reading this who's drawn to ponder the question further that a city's artistic/intellectual energies cannot flourish without a cost of living affordable on "creative" salaries. Prague was the cool place for a while because of that.