Thriving?
I think reasonable people disagree.
The vast majority of people i've talked to think SF was a craphole 25 years ago. I think a lot of people have the golden age fallacy going on :)
The vast majority of people i've talked to think SF was a craphole 25 years ago. I think a lot of people have the golden age fallacy going on :)
Let's see, I've been in the area for 40 years and your comment couldn't be more wrong or uninformed.
You are welcome to disagree with it of course.
But, again, based on what i have, i suspect you may be in the minority.
Time will tell, of course!
It seems you just violently disagree, but that doesn't make you right. It just makes you a data point in the other direction.
http://www.salon.com/1999/11/03/sf/
(I remember it because I had just moved to SF from Chicago, again, when it was published).
Interesting. It's good to know it's an objective fact with only one possible answer.