Quote:
Originally Posted by ozone
But I am more interested to understand why so many talented and creative people end up moving away? Why do people think Austin and Portland is cool and Sacramento is not? Maybe because Sacramento was a small city for so many years there's still a lot of that mentally left. It's particularly annoying in people who's job it is to move this city forward.
|
I think it has a lot to do with perception and infrastructure.
Austin - University of Texas (UT) - the largest and most popular university in all of texas is located in downtown Austin. - UT is the infrastructure -- which was always there but not on the nations radar until 10yrs ago.
Just like UC Davis; it was not well known until 10yrs ago. Here's the difference: If UC Davis had always been located in downtown Sac or let's say directly across the river in West Sac AND it always had a Big time nationally known college football team that inspired generations of fans. Sacramento would be "hip" even in today's economy.