Quote Originally Posted by n2ize View Post
Actually nothing against it in and of itself.

I hear that in the early days of t Burning Man is was a cool event with a lot of cool people who were the real deal (i.e. artists, writers, musicians, thinkers, and other talented people). But I have heard it has more recently morphed into a watered down and more "commercialized" version that draws a lot of phonies and freeloaders. Since I have never been there I can't really judge. Plus, even if I were to go nowadays I would have nothing toi compare it to in as far as past events.
A type of gentrification occurred with Burning Man, as it did to the arts scenes in various locales throughout America. In Buffalo, Allentown has been taken over by hipsters, Elmwood Village is not full of yuppies, Hertel Ave. is no longer the center for the Italian population, and is now becoming the "New Allentown" as the center of arts.

It comes and goes in waves. Burning Man will get replaced with something like "Desert Journey" or something like that (Desert Journey was just made up by me, so if I find out any of you hipsters start a new Burning Man and call it Desert Journey, I want a cut of the profits, or at least a piece of art annually from it, or free tickets, or something).