Absolutely. But acknowledging how this affects artists doesn’t undercut that, especially when an appreciable factor driving artists out of cultural epicenters is the influx of people moving in expressly to engage with the culture those artists produce.
Join the club. Everyone is struggling, not just the artists.
True, but a lot of artists are struggling to make half of what they used to because of AI image generation… which is unfortunate.
Absolutely. But acknowledging how this affects artists doesn’t undercut that, especially when an appreciable factor driving artists out of cultural epicenters is the influx of people moving in expressly to engage with the culture those artists produce.