Hahaha…yeah, diversity is so awesome…that’s why ALL diverse communities, cities and states are so clean, so safe, so productive and so united. Thats why public education and healthcare is so awesome in diverse communities, cities and states….right?
It genuinely is pretty awesome. I got to go to SF a while back and walked the city before a play. It was beautiful, vital, fun. There were plays, amazing restaurants, live music playing on the streets, hole in the wall bars and pubs, even a pizza/curry joint, and every kind of person you could ever think to meet.
There's an amazing food court off the Powell St. station where you could get Halal Pakistani food, amazing Thai, and a place called 'Curry in a Hurry'. And a dozen others. All within 100' of each other. I had so much fun!
Compare that to say, downtown Fort Worth. Its nice. There are a few burger/brewery places. A decent plaza. A nice cigar bar. Some nice looking high rise buildings. But it had a very 'Bed Bath and Beyond' meets 'Michaels' strip mall vibe.
Branson MI is probably somewhere in between. Great folks, fantastic music, lots of people coming from all over. Austin, especially the south side, is fucking amazing. Tampa, kinda boring. Miami? Holy fucking shit. Jacksonville? Meh. New Orleans? Good goddamn!
Places get interesting when you mix things together. They get a little sterile and inert when its all the same kinda people, all the time.