I live south of Detroit in nearby northern Ohio. Between the leftovers from days gone by and the Muz limbs, it’s a scary place to visit (and I only go there for Tiger baseball games).
They should make the soundtrack an operatic “Obamaland”
Utah city? What state is that in?
I did not look at the U-tubes, but I assume they were the videos of the abandoned and decaying homes, and once fine neighborhoods.
Next week I’m going there for a client meeting... well, in Troy actually. Should be interesting.
In “Back To The Future” there were two alternate universes. One, where McFly stood up for himself against the bullies led to the prosperous, well-ordered future, the other, where McFly cowered and let the bullies roll over him, led to a trashed, crime-ridden future. That is more or less how I recall it and lately it feels like we slipped out of the “good” timeline and into a nearly unrecognizable and “bad” one.
Rank City State
1 Provo Utah
2 Lubbock Texas
3 Abilene Texas
4 Hialeah Florida
5 Plano Texas
6 Colorado Springs Colorado
7 Gilbert Arizona
8 Bakersfield California
9 Lafayette Louisiana
10 Orange California
11 Escondido California
12 Allentown Pennsylvania
13 Mesa Arizona
14 Arlington Texas
15 Peoria Arizona
16 Cape Coral Florida
17 Garden Grove California
18 Simi Valley California
19 Corona California
20 Clearwater Florida
21 West Valley City Utah
22 Oklahoma City Oklahoma
23 Overland Park Kansas
24 Anchorage Alaska
25 Huntington Beach California
I'm quite surprised to see Allentown, PA made the list. I'm aware that Pat Toomey represented the district which includes Allentown, but he has never exactly cruised to an easy electoral victory.
Here is the kind of thing that some “progressive” cities are inclined to do. All she wanted to do was grow a neat little vegetable garden.