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Cross posting from another thread.
You know this "cool city" stuff is bullshit when Forbes publishes a list of America's coolest 20 cities. Washington DC, #1? Cool?
No. 1: Washington, D.C. - In Photos: America's Coolest Cities 2014
This crap is invented by marketing campaigns and real estate agents that want to up prices. Nothing about any of those cities makes it more interesting than any other similar sized city. They all have malls, a few parks, skyline, a place to get an iPhone, some unique history, and chain restaurants. Its all homogenized by corporations, and corporations aren't cool, no matter how much you lick Apple's balls.
It it cool when likeminds can huddle together and get piercings/tattoos? Or the artsy fartsy crowd starts to buy cheap space in bad neighborhoods? They seem to think so. Seems like pretend to me. Also popular is this notion that "cool jobs" exist in a faraway land, but I have yet to see a "cool job". And I don't consider being an NBA player a job.
Cool cities seem to be a revolving door. Seattle had that mantle at one point, then Portland. I recall San Francisco being the cool place way back when the gay mafia took over. And remember when Miami had it's day before everyone became bored with Salsa and Miami Vice? Or back when Albuquerque/Santa Fe had it going on? My personal favorite is the great Las Vegas... never been there, never want to go, and would never refer to it as "Vegas" as party-goers are want to do.
I also remember when suddenly everyone at one point realized Chicago was "awesome". And then the obsession with needing to be in crowded, annoying, expensive New York.
This is PR for impressionable idiots. Reminds me of people that go to a certain college because of their football/basketball team.
You know this "cool city" stuff is bullshit when Forbes publishes a list of America's coolest 20 cities. Washington DC, #1? Cool?
No. 1: Washington, D.C. - In Photos: America's Coolest Cities 2014
This crap is invented by marketing campaigns and real estate agents that want to up prices. Nothing about any of those cities makes it more interesting than any other similar sized city. They all have malls, a few parks, skyline, a place to get an iPhone, some unique history, and chain restaurants. Its all homogenized by corporations, and corporations aren't cool, no matter how much you lick Apple's balls.
It it cool when likeminds can huddle together and get piercings/tattoos? Or the artsy fartsy crowd starts to buy cheap space in bad neighborhoods? They seem to think so. Seems like pretend to me. Also popular is this notion that "cool jobs" exist in a faraway land, but I have yet to see a "cool job". And I don't consider being an NBA player a job.
Cool cities seem to be a revolving door. Seattle had that mantle at one point, then Portland. I recall San Francisco being the cool place way back when the gay mafia took over. And remember when Miami had it's day before everyone became bored with Salsa and Miami Vice? Or back when Albuquerque/Santa Fe had it going on? My personal favorite is the great Las Vegas... never been there, never want to go, and would never refer to it as "Vegas" as party-goers are want to do.
I also remember when suddenly everyone at one point realized Chicago was "awesome". And then the obsession with needing to be in crowded, annoying, expensive New York.
This is PR for impressionable idiots. Reminds me of people that go to a certain college because of their football/basketball team.
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