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Originally Posted by JAYNYC
The issue here is that few (if any) of the many other "happening towns with a lot of growth" suffer from the nauseating civic boosterism that Nashville exudes. It would be one thing if their residents and media were simply content about their city's progress, but instead, they experience a 15% growth rate one year, and the next, they ridiculously claim that Los Angeles - a city that is not comparable by any stretch of the imagination - should suddenly be their "model for growth". Yeah, okay.
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Okay, so your basic problem here is that Nashville is "uppity." You also seem to be saying that Los Angeles has no lessons to teach a growing city, or that cities must adhere to a rigorous scale of learning, as though Nashville must first learn from, in order, San Jose, Dallas, San Diego, San Antonio, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Houston, and Chicago before it can even think of attempting to learn from Los Angeles. And then... then and
only then can it attempt to learn from New York! I've heard of this theory of urban planning before though, actually. It's called the
Street Fighter II Theory and states that cities must battle their way upwards, learning as they go, before they can attempt to learn from much tougher, more accomplished opponents. I hear though that Nashville is doing well thus far, and has developed a mean
shoryuken.
Meanwhile, I believe that Mumbai, rather than LA, is actually considered the entertainment capital of the world based on sheer volume of output, and -- prepare to clutch pearls -- there are even people who, having been to London, Paris, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, or Hong Kong find New York to be somewhat unimpressive and blase. Such people could even perhaps be said to find New York "uppity."
What I mean to say is, it's all opinion and when you demand that someone else stop thinking their city is great it's obnoxious. Perhaps you should go eat a bagel or jack off or whatever it is you need to do to calm down enough to let someone else just enjoy their town.