The article discusses the sudden bump in creativity in the country’s inland contary to what was considered before as associated to big cities. “Nationwide, 45 percent of American adults said they personally performed or created artwork in 2014” the article claims, and that is due to Education. “The percent of state residents with a bachelor’s degree or higher is positively correlated with creating artwork: in other words, more education, more art.”
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