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It's certainly elitism. Dog whistle, I don't think so. More of an elision of the implied "high" in high culture. Point taken that you like small town culture,

• humanrebar 10y ago
  > Point taken that you like small town culture, though. I don't especially. I appreciate it. And I appreciate urban culture. I just find the "everyone knows cities are better" meme is really inaccurate. It's weirdly dismissive of other cultures as well, which is weird considering how much urban centers want to value diversity. People will read 30 page New Yorker pieces about Botswana or listen to an hour or pan flute music before way before they'll take time to acknowledge that there's culture in Tennessee that's worthwhile, even if it's not their cup of tea (which should be obvious because Nashville, but not everyone's as well-heeled as they think they are).