[GOPJ]

The politicians are not being up front about the harsh truth that the cost to renovate the decayed infrastructure in these cities far exceeds any return on the investment. It's even worse because with the exception of healthcare and maybe education, industries are better served outside of a city.

Nice list...

[T.B. Yoits]

Re: Industry List (Post 35)

Yeah, it's a pretty harsh wakeup call when you look at the industry list and realize how few industries benefit from cities. It explains why cities were already in severe decline a century ago (outside of an influx of taxpayer funds for WW2) and were never going to recover.

Looking back, the urban riots in the 1960s were a foregone conclusion.

Shrewd financiers and industry heads are very aware of that almost all industries are simply far better served somewhere else other than a city.