In Reply to: The dumbing down of the U.S. continues... posted by jimbill on July 14, 2016 at 16:21:16:
Cape Cod has a population of about 215k people. We have a symphony orchestra, at least two chamber music festivals, and a good classical music station. Our population is 27% over 65 so that may have some bearing on the reason. Most of us in the over 65 demographic had alternative radio during our formative years, at least in the northeast, as well as the typical pop stations. Boston has a whole range of alternative stations, a result of all the college radio and we have two excellent NPR stations one of which, WGBH, featured classical music all day and jazz in the evening for many decades. I agree that it is a demographic phenomenon: the more educated have much broader musical tastes and are less likely to listen to whatever the music industry feeds them.
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- RE: The dumbing down of the U.S. continues... - Palustris 08:29:12 07/15/16 (14)
- RE: The dumbing down of the U.S. continues... - rbolaw 08:52:31 07/15/16 (13)
- 'Tragically, "well-educated" is fast becoming an attribute only of the elite' - Chris from Lafayette 11:38:54 07/15/16 (12)
- Can education only come from institutions? - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 14:34:05 07/15/16 (11)
- To a large extent, yes. - rbolaw 14:18:26 07/19/16 (0)
- In my post, there was an assumed understanding of what education entails - Chris from Lafayette 17:52:54 07/15/16 (8)
- RE: "Ideally, ..." - genungo 18:56:43 07/15/16 (4)
- I guess it's an aspiration, and, as rickmcinnis implied, a continuing quest! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 23:40:58 07/15/16 (3)
- Or maybe... - genungo 07:26:39 07/16/16 (2)
- You just want to puncture my faith in the human race! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 11:31:27 07/16/16 (1)
- Your faith in humanity seems pretty puncture-resistant... - genungo 12:00:58 07/16/16 (0)
- What??? You commie pinko! - rbolaw 18:24:28 07/15/16 (2)
- I admit, I'm stumped - Chris from Lafayette 23:48:02 07/15/16 (1)
- RE: I admit, I'm stumped - rbolaw 06:19:18 07/16/16 (0)
- RE: Can education only come from institutions? - genungo 16:28:44 07/15/16 (0)