Had lunch with Anna again
I had lunch with Anna again. We went for lunch at the Lotus Bleu restaurant. We chatted about the creative class theory by Richard Florida. Some of my colleagues will remember me going on about how we need to look at the gay index (how friendly a place is to gays) if we want to improve the economy. That’s because gays and creative people are attracted by the same things: nice cafés, exciting culture and music, free, accepting society, readily available services, and so on. Both I and Anna used to live in Fredericton. According to club zone, there are no gay or lesbian bar in Fredericton. Comparatively, Montréal has an entire gay village where both I and Anna lived. (I can’t speak for Anna, but no, I’m not gay.)
This doesn’t mean you can’t achieve great things anywhere in the world. Just that some of us are somewhat happier in a free and open and culturally rich place. Some of us also think that it leads to more creativity and more wealth.
Now, this theory leads me to think that Mr Bush is leading the USA to ruin. Will he get reelected?
Note: I was born in Drummondville. There is at least one gay bar there and I know a few lesbians and bisexual ladies there. The economy is doing well, I hear. Ah.
