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Are those kind of people busy hanging out on youtube now?

Are there enough creatives in meat-space to attain the critical mass necessary to generate those places like in the past? Or are many of them staring at their phones all day?

We aren't ready collectively to confront these types of truths about the new way of life we have slowly settled into over the last 10-20 years.

Eastern Europe, especially the Balkans

New Orleans

Montreal

Kansas City

Pittsburgh

I bet you can pick out almost any medium-sized city and find some "cool" neighborhoods that are pretty affordable.