[lbo-talk] breaking: Chuck0 near the epicenter of the new hipness

[bitch at pulpculture.org]

heh. I was reading this to R, who sometimes keeps up with the list better 
than I, tho always late about it. After detailing chuck0's several 
years-long rant about how the midwest is soooooo neglected, R says, "Is 
there something like an anti-NIMBY? Never mind your backyard, what about mine?"

I'll tell ya something, tho, that Richard Florida did a lot to encourage 
cities and regions to invest in the arts, etc. thinking that, if they 
attract artsy, creative types, their economies will boom. Wonder how long 
it'll take for that one to fail since these towns have so clearly pinned 
their hopes on becoming economic power houses on the basis of attracting 
the creative gentrification-types.

bl

At 11:14 AM 10/17/2007, you wrote:
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>greenpoint-311864.php>

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