I don't know which NPR program I heard a bit of today, and I only heard a bit so can't really criticize the entirety of the program, but what I heard was in the genre of New Yorkers Discover Other Place And Make Them Real. The other place was, in this case, the desert bits of California and nearby, but where it was doesn't matter. Other places exist and are real before ex-New Yorkers discover them. The perspective of outsiders and newcomers can be interesting, but it isn't the only perspective that matters.
