There's a bigger, MUCH bigger, point to be made about geography and finding other creative people than this article, with its glib, provably inaccurate quoting

There's a bigger, MUCH bigger, point to be made about geography and finding other creative people than this article, with its glib, provably inaccurate quoting (1) can make. The big picture is that there are always under-stated, inexpensive places where you can get creative work done which are outside the major, known centers (SV, NYC, LA, etc.). They are tricky to find because they don't have metrics like insane rent, barking realtors, etc. to mark them. For example, everyone (including me) used to laugh at Kansas City. Then I met a world-traveling DJ who told me KC was one of the hippest places, where the "kids" where the most into the music than anywhere else. But beware: places that become symbolically cool and ideal attract posers. In contrast, there are people who evaluate tons of metrics to choose where to live and work. I suggest evaluating towns on the quality of their makerspaces as one useful feature. Tech accelerator programs' presence is another signal. Another town I'm hearing is great to work in is Boulder. (1) I just googlemapsed Newark to Manhattan (mid-town). It's 17 miles, 30 minutes best case, 45 in 10:00am weekday traffic.