Dimes Square failed to inspire imitation because scenes require geographic concentration

Evidence

Despite its initial buzz, the Dimes Square scene had a short shelf life. Where Gen X’s downtown New York post-9/11 faded within a few years, and Lena Dunham’s Girls-era New York never overcame the immediate groans, Dimes Square became a punch line upon arrival. In the most damning indictment, the scene failed to inspire much imitation from Gen Z peers outside Manhattan. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 669

Categorization

• XREF: The failed-imitation test ties to the cultivation of cool through scarcity — a small scene can’t seed imitation when peers are dispersed online. — connects to: The occupation tactic lost potency once the Square fragmented into many small groups. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 302