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The logic doesn't quite work because the same number of people would get to go in either scenario

Same number but not same the community, since this pushes out anyone who can't afford it. Artists are usually not MBA types trying to minmax profit and want to appeal to more than just the privileged Coachella crowd.

The artists may not be MBA types but their managers are. If the artists really cared they could do like Garth Brooks (?) and book repeated nights in one venue until the shows no longer sell out.

(I may be wrong about the artist but recall reading about at least one act that toured like this).

If you want to see what it looks like to be a musician whose fanbase is all rich people, look no further than your local symphony orchestra.

Which, honestly, is a much more pleasant experience than going to the concerts under discussion. I don't enjoy the music as much, but I also don't have to jump through hoops, compete with scalpers, or put up with the rank smell of weed hanging over the concert venue.

Weed smell is awful. That's the worst part about decriminalization. I can't wait for society to treat burned weed with the same shame and looks of distaste as they do with burned tobacco.

I smell it everywhere now. It makes me furious when I'm in a public park with my kids and clouds of nasty smoke are wafting around.

Yeah. I've always been all for legalizing weed. Hell, I've been for legalizing all drugs because I don't think the government should police what adults put into their bodies. But the ridiculously thoughtless behavior of people smoking weed in my state (CO) has really made me question those positions. In theory we should trust adults to make their own choices, but in practice it seems that enough people are antisocial assholes that maybe we shouldn't trust. I am sick and damn tired of being unable to even go run errands sometimes without having to put up with the smell of weed. Which is awful, like you said - I have no idea how anyone can stand to smoke the stuff.

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