Originally Posted by MolsonExport
Cheap cities should therefore be hotboxes of creativity. But most often they are not.
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Cheap cities produce much of the talent in big expensive cities. After college, people get a job in the city. Just because they currently reside in the city working doesn't mean that particular city made them creative.
Don't most artists (film, music, dance etc) originate from everywhere, small towns/suburbs/urban centers and then move to the city for work? They acquire/obtain a talent and then move to where they can make money off of it. Ie: Hollywood, Manhattan