@PaulSkallas It's much simpler: laptops. If you're a teen and you want to make music, it's way easier to start right away on a laptop then spend months learning instruments, organizing people, and finding a place to make noise. Path of least resistance.
This famous video filmed at the Sasquatch Music Festival 2009 is often shown in corporations, team working classes, etc. and it actually shows an interesting aspect in psychology: the role of leading with a example (even if weird) and imitation
@whatifalthist LA culture is dominated by transplants who move to the city for their own personal success (I am one of these people). So there's much less communal interest and cultural pride. (The rest of CA not like this, contrary to the other responses).
Online dating apps are useful in that you can turn them on if you visit different areas of the country/world you're in and get a sense at the health of the population of the land.