On cultural deprivation and your town letting you down...

I was having a moan about Winchester today.

'I'm going to have to move.  There's just no culture here.  I want to live somewhere things are happening, there's cultural diversity, things to go and see, music, photographic exhibitions, you know...'

The guy I was chatting to listened thoughtfully for a moment, and then he said...

'I guess I sort of create my own culture...'

What?  He's lived in Winchester for 8 years and has no expectations of Winchester providing his culture for him, and feeling disappointed when it doesn't?

As I came home, I started thinking about all the projections I've put on Winchester.  How let down I feel that it doesn't provide things I want to go to or get involved in.  What's on is just not my scene.  I've been moaning about it for years.  Planning a future escape to the Metropolis where I can lose myself in as much culture as I want.  Fed up with feeling culturally deprived and impoverished.  I'm leaving...

Suddenly his gentle comment woke me up.  

Here's someone who never expected Winchester to satisfy his cultural needs.

So this time it's my turn to 'Try this'...

What happens when I stop blaming the town I live in and take responsibility for creating the culture I want to experience?