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| Imploding Cities Will Drag All of Us Down — Even if You Don't Live Anywhere Near One |
| 2023-07-18 |
| [PJMEDIA] There is so much wrong with America’s cities, it’s hard to see why any contributing member of society would live and/or work in one of them. Some of the issues arise from far-Left local governance while others are generated by more widespread Leftist policy. These are coupled with an organic workforce evolution, as the United States transitions from an industry-based to an information-based economy. The result is urban areas caught in a downward spiral — and, as with any sinking vessel, threatening to suck everyone nearby down with them. First, a quick refresher on the compounding problems of urban areas. Chief among them is that big cities are dark blue, and thus they’ve become crucibles of Left-wing policy failure. Uncontrolled crime, roving drug and mental-illness zombies, and swarms of sanctuary-recipient asylum scammers are crowding out reasonable people and businesses. The normals who remain to take advantage of access to cultural events (such as they are) and restaurant variety are also subject to totalitarian social controls and two-tiered justice systems that punish them when they fight back against criminals. But no matter how desperate the situation becomes, city councils can be counted on to double down on woke policies, then double down again. Businesses are fleeing. In the ones that remain, shopping for basic goods has become a frustrating exercise in waiting for an associate to unlock the case so you can grab a razor and some toothpaste. Add in today’s high interest rates, which make owning and running a business prohibitively expensive, and the writing is on the wall. PJ Media colleague Rick Moran reported last month thon the lam the Socialist paradise of San Francisco |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #22 Wisconsin state senator says 'f--- the suburbs' amid debate on crime spreading from cities |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-07-18 22:27 |
| #21 There are entire empty cities in China. Also in Russia, in Italy, in Japan... below replacement birthrates have that result after a while. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-07-18 21:22 |
| #20 I like the fact that Joe kept the accusations of people and animal hijinks out of his post that focused on scripture and prophecy. Well done. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-07-18 17:20 |
| #19 Joe, you are mistaking Trump for Jesus again. |
| Posted by: Jeremiah Jomosing7109 2023-07-18 16:00 |
| #18 Could be Joe. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-07-18 15:47 |
| #17 |
| Posted by: ACA JOE 2023-07-18 15:43 |
| #16 The only three people Trump could trust were his kids and he brought them in and they did a great job. But Deep State was deep blood red and they and the Dems shored up and came back with a vengeance. To this day it is an internal struggle. Whistle Blowers vs their corrupt masters. MAGA vs Compton. We are in the midst of a civil war. |
| Posted by: Enver Dingle4916 2023-07-18 15:36 |
| #15 another zinger appointment by Donald J. Trump Once elected, President Trump could only choose from among those willing and with the skills to do the job. In 2016, Trump voters in general were private business or were working class, not in the Washington, DC bureaucracy. So while there were some Trump fans and a few patriots willing to work with him out of patriotism despite their dislike, more either were out for what they could get or aimed to control and/or undermine the president until he could be driven from office. To be fair, President George W. Bush had the same problem to a slightly lesser extant — as I recall, President Clinton worked hard to turn the bureaucracy into the Democratic Party stronghold that it remains today. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-07-18 14:35 |
| #14 Dominion? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2023-07-18 13:12 |
| #13 Atlanta, Philadelphia, Detroit...let them go. Then where will Democrats find enough phony ballots to win elections? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-07-18 13:07 |
| #12 Urbanism is obsolete. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-07-18 12:59 |
| #11 "Chalk up another zinger appointment by Donald J. Trump." There's rightful criticism here. But most #nevertrumpers live in a world where if they only had their non-Trump candidate, the candidates appointed would be golden. I dont believe in that reality and by extension think we were lucky to not have had to suffer Jeb Bush's appointments. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-07-18 12:37 |
| #10 They talk about cutting services in the future but not about services already cut (law enforcement and legal). If the cities were safe and clean instead of being homeless junky encampments the business folk might not be fleeing. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2023-07-18 09:28 |
| #9 If you buy a bottle of liquor at a PeeAye monopoly "state store," you are still paying a tax imposed to "recover from" the Johnstown Flood (the first one, not the more recent one) |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-07-18 08:29 |
| #8 The bridge across the Wabash at New Harmony, IN opened on December 21, 1930 as a toll bridge, due to "hard times." Cost to cross $.05. On May 21, 2012, it was announced that the bridge would close permanently at noon on May 29, 2012. Cost to cross at closing $1.00. The bridge remains closed, evidently due to hard times. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-07-18 08:06 |
| #7 The West is populated with hundreds of mining ghost towns. The Great Plains are populated with empty farming towns. Places die. Rome was the first city of over a million inhabitants, it fell to under 100,000 when the 'good' times ended. There has got to be a reason for such places to exists. Farming votes is not one of them. The Army Air Corps engaged in massive urban renewal in Germany and Japan on cities that were older than any European North American settlements. Those who had an underlying reason for their existence were rebuilt. Let social and economic evolution take place. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-07-18 07:17 |
| #6 Lots of small towns across America were allowed to die. You can drive through them or see someone else drive through on YouTube. There are entire empty cities in China. If there is no bail-out, then it's only a problem for the paperholders. Yes, that's a lot of banks and other financial institutions where non-urban-dwellers have investments. Those are the people to bail out. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-07-18 07:01 |
| #5 Mike Pence - Chalk up another zinger appointment by Donald J. Trump. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-07-18 06:58 |
| #4 Why are people worried about cities? Mike Pence told us to focus what Ukraine needs. WDUN - What Does Ukraine Need |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-07-18 06:07 |
| #3 Here in what was once peaceful rural Ga ., where sunshine was piped in 20 years ago. We now refer to the city area as "Disgusta" and a virus creeping its way out to us. As Cities become drained, the Criminals go where the $$$$ is. Since now most of the working Middle-Middle+ Class commute in to work. The suburbs are seeing increasing crime rates during the 8am to 2pm hours, while people are working and kids are in school. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-07-18 05:55 |
| #2 With the Fauci Flu emergency officially over, funds for [Dem] states have dried up. Enter next crisis and emergency funding for everything but the so-called crisis at hand. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-07-18 05:49 |
| #1 As in the 1970s, municipalities will start declaring bankruptcy — and that will add a drain on federal resources, which will have to be used to bail them out. No - that last part is why this shit keeps happening; some hard and ugly lessons need to be learned. |
| Posted by: Raj 2023-07-18 00:27 |