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So last night, Kyle, Annie, and I ventured forth to see the opera La Triviata at Music Hall. It was there that Annie told us that her mother had told her that she might not be such a cultural desert now that she was going to the opera. This got me to thinking, are our teenage years truly spent in a cultural desert?

http://toastado.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/are-we-truly-a-cultural-desert/

I still don't quite get the meaning of cultural desert. Please help.

Thanks.

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Hi, A desert is an empty, barren area. 'A cultural desert' is a fairly well-known phrase for a place devoid of culture. eg Downtown Winnipeg is a cultural desert on a Saturday night.

— Clive

  • Hi, A desert is an empty, barren area.
  • 'A cultural desert' is a fairly well-known phrase for a place devoid of culture.
  • eg Downtown Winnipeg is a cultural desert on a Saturday night.
  • (probably not true ) I haven't heard a person called this, but I guess it just means a person devoid of culture.
  • Clive
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Hi,

A desert is an empty, barren area. 'A cultural desert' is a fairly well-known phrase for a place devoid of culture. eg Downtown Winnipeg is a cultural desert on a Saturday night. (probably not true )

I haven't heard a person called this, but I guess it just means a person devoid of culture.

Cl
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