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By God, one of you finally admitted it.

• api 11y ago
  The places utilitarian careerists create are miserable alienating cultural wastelands. As a result, they are repelled from the places they create and drawn to "artsy" cities and neighborhoods. When they arrive they bid up the price of real estate and drive out the natives. Rinse and repeat. If only the humanities had any economic value.
  • nether 11y ago
    Yeah, we see it in LA. My girlfriend and I ate at a trendy gastropub (top pick from an LA Times critic) and were unfortunately seated next to a pair of Googlers (long communal tables). They were just namedropping all the cool cities they've lived in (London for this, NYC for that) while talking about their jobs and college (which looked like it was at least five years ago for them). It was nauseating.
  • kitsune_ 11y ago
    That process is called gentrification.
    • api 11y ago
      It's a cycle. Once the artists and other culture creators are driven out, the careerists move on and the descent begins.