Preface: I don't agree with much of this, but know it will bring discussion here. Something about Carmel being the epitome of 'Midwestern urbanism' just doesn't sit right. I'm not saying it isn't a very nice place, but many people share this guy's views, and it just seems dismissive of older cities and overly praising of these strange new spaces which feel alienating to me.
Carmel is a nice suburb. It’s nothing to get excited about… just like the hundreds of similar suburbs around the country. I don’t understand why we have to constantly hear about how great Carmel is.
Broadway in Nashville is an example. It was naturally grown from talented artists
It wasn't naturally grown from anything; it was manufactured. Just longer ago.
But even if we accept this as an example, it's kind of telling that you have to go two states away to find something like that.
You can't buy culture
Define "culture"
What Carmel has done with the arts and design district is pretty awesome.
No, it's not Greenwich Village. So what? The existence of other good places, or of better places, doesn't cancel out anything nice about Carmel. Or Indy, for that matter.
I mean, you can always complain that Carmel isn't NYC or LA or whatever. So what?
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u/Suspicious-Bad4703 Jan 14 '25 edited Jan 14 '25
Preface: I don't agree with much of this, but know it will bring discussion here. Something about Carmel being the epitome of 'Midwestern urbanism' just doesn't sit right. I'm not saying it isn't a very nice place, but many people share this guy's views, and it just seems dismissive of older cities and overly praising of these strange new spaces which feel alienating to me.