# Cities which are considered hubs of art and culture

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-which-are-considered-hubs-of-art-and-culture/774253>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 9, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-which-are-considered-hubs-of-art-and-culture/774253 "2016-12-09T03:54:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-which-are-considered-hubs-of-art-and-culture/774253/21 "2016-12-18T12:14:31Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> Not Jerusalem - Tel Aviv is Israel’s indisputable cultural center.

Wasn’t there at least one significant cultural element that got started in and around Jerusalem? I’m drawing a blank right now, but I’m sure it’ll come to me in about 6 days. 😃

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**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-which-are-considered-hubs-of-art-and-culture/774253/22 "2016-12-19T03:06:36Z")

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> [@Melbourne](#):
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> IMHO, All of Australia is far to parochial to have any general consensus about where the hub of “art and culture” are.
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> Except that taswegians generally agree that it is somewhere else (and MONA came as something of a surprise to them). And it is generally agreed that Sydney is the trough and money pit.

The running joke used to be that Brisbane had less culture than a tub of chocolate yoghurt, but things have improved quite a bit here in recent years. Most of the big theatrical productions and shows seem to be in Melbourne or Sydney, though.

Shame the Queensland museum is quite possibly one of the worst “established” museums I’ve ever been too; IMHO it’s an embarrasment to the city and the state.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-which-are-considered-hubs-of-art-and-culture/774253/23 "2016-12-19T04:14:37Z")

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Wabuska.

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