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I'd actually like to disagree with some things said here. The advent of the Internet means that you have access to an enormous amount of music/opera/books etc(and I'm not talking about the illegal downloads that seem to be teh mainstay of tabloid representations of the net). You can take part in high brow discusssions with people all over the world just like sitting down in the library or outside the market hall.

You can find out when real life shows etc are and book for them without having to trapse through rain snow sleet to get your tickets.

Stop looking for whats missing and start looking for whats available you'd be surprised.