As if it were obvious, but now someone has done an analysis:
The two maps below show the location of independent and community-based (ie. non-commercial) cinema, visual arts, performance and live music (for elaboration on these definitions see our recent paper here) in 1991 and 2011.
The pattern they show is the pattern of gentrifying cities all over the world: low-yielding land uses get pushed into areas where land values are lower, as high-end residential and office buildings – the “highest and best” uses in most market economies – proliferate.
As if it were obvious, but now someone has done an analysis:
http://www.artshub.com.au/news-article/news/all-arts/high-rents-arent-hip-the-contradictions-of-the-creative-city-198153