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I think you have to distinguish Sensate decay from Ideational decay to use Sorokin’s terms. New York had a trough and peak of Sensate decay/revival and is now in terminal Ideational decay. SF, LA, Seattle, Portland are still Ideationally alive, but in a deepening Sensate trough
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I don’t think New York is the archetypal “real city” anymore. It’s entered its mannerist-baroque phase. A sign is that shows set in New York now seem like parodies of shows set in New York.
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It only seems that way when they don’t film on location. Mr. Robot looks amazing because they mostly shot on the street
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