The reality is that there are people that spend all day researching things like urban planning and how to foster a more culturally diverse city. They tend to be

The reality is that there are people that spend all day researching things like urban planning and how to foster a more culturally diverse city. They tend to be more learned and more engaged. It's not that they are the only people that matter, and they're far from a tiny elite, but they tend to make cities better for everyone. I'm not in that group of people. I don't spend my time researching elevated bike lanes vs physically separated ones. My business partner does, and I like to support him, but I know my areas of interest: Cybersecurity and data science. To me cultural elites are little people. They're well read, but they don't universally have power or money. Just an eye to what would make a better city and some time to try to make things better in their own way.