>>2836219
Baltimore actually has a pretty good art scene, or at least it did last time I was there in 2019. Knoxville did as well. My experience tells me the places to look for good art in America is to find cities with old, walkable historic cores and large universities that have declined but are still liveable. The trouble is artists tend to revitalize where they live if they're successful, which raises the rent and chases them off, killing the scene.