I found his description of LA as pretty dead on for why I moved out of NYC. There is endless novelty on some level but little or no actual meta-novelty, i.e. yo

I found his description of LA as pretty dead on for why I moved out of NYC. There is endless novelty on some level but little or no actual meta-novelty, i.e. you can consume different things and experiences but you can’t not consume. I do think he misses a lot about the benefits of living in a less popular area which are mostly around long term things like building, creating, community etc and freedom to decide your own pattern of living.