>I think of the price for housing and how it reflects demand. You should think supply instead. San Francisco is quite small geographically. It doesn't take muc

>I think of the price for housing and how it reflects demand. You should think supply instead. San Francisco is quite small geographically. It doesn't take much demand to drive the prices quite high under those conditions. Most places in the Midwest can grow in any direction as necessary. >* Broadway shows, okay. But wouldn't you rather be in a vibrant place where creation happens, than be the "second hand"? >* Same for music. Do you want to be in the place where creation happens, or a pit stop on the tour? As someone involved in tech all of the time, I frankly don't care if I'm "where the creation happens", and most people I know don't. You don't have to be where art was originally made to enjoy it and to argue otherwise is pretty stupid.