Another excellent editorial posted by Chris Dewolf at his webzine Urbanphoto.org (a fantastic, regularly updated and well-presented site on urban topics). He links to several articles that discuss how gentrification starts in downtrodden areas, become resurrected as trendy artistic areas and then eventually become too popular with pretty much everyone. "Cities such as San Francisco and Boston are now among the most expensive in the United States; neighbourhoods that were once derided as ghettoes, such as Boston’s South End, are now among the priciest in the nation". Similarly, I caught a recent article in EnRoute magazine ranking Canada's top ten neighbourhoods (Queen's West in Toronto is #1 and the Plateau in Montreal is #2). Can't help but wonder what this mainstream press will do to real estate values in these featured areas.

 
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Had this mildly interesting link passed on to me today (thanks Clay) about different sports fans and their different bevvies of choice. Apparently xtreme athletes are "107 percent of more likely to drink imported beer" and those that attend rap and R&B concerts tend towards champagne. link

 
Welcome to Creative Generalist. This blog is just getting started but will hopefully become a great source and collection of divergent creative thinking. While specialization in all fields has become standard, I believe that a generalist's role is becoming even more important in figuring it all out. Nowhere is this more apparent than in creative endeavours, where the best ideas are products of a wide, often unusual mix of thoughts, disciplines, cultures and inspirations. A generalist is one who sees the big picture and make the connections that lead to new and interesting discussion. So, that said, I hope to make regular posts as well as posts from other creative generalists. Links, opinion, dialogue, etc. Cheers!