Because they deliver a product for advertisers to use, and those pay top dollar. Poets as a social gain I can see, but in terms of the financial gain? Not so c

Because they deliver a product for advertisers to use, and those pay top dollar. Poets as a social gain I can see, but in terms of the financial gain? Not so clear. One could make the claim that they create artistic spaces that turn crime-ridden areas into havens of expression, which bankers then seem to value and then buy houses in (whereby the cycle begins anew until the city is fully gentrified)