Cultural Wasteland

A place in which people have no (or no access to) social institutions of a genuine, historically developed culture, and are thus reduced to considering the mundane or vulgar as culturally significant.

That town is a cultural wasteland; people only congregate at places like McDonald's and Walmart and consider trashy car mods and bootleg drugs to be part of their collective identity.

Man, I wish there was something to do this weekend that isn't just meaningless consumerism. What a depressing cultural wasteland.

Cultural Wasteland by raphaeldelaghetto August 27, 2018

Cultural Wasteland

A place that has no art scene, music scene, or any minorities.

New Jersey is the biggest cultural wasteland this side of the Canadian border.

Cultural Wasteland by Artbybrody April 3, 2009