We’ll Always Have . . . Fort Worth?

National Review ^ | 12/9/18 | KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON

[waterhill]

I loved CoD. 10 ft in front of Greg Allman one show. Nice place...

Friend and I played guitar on Throckmorton in a nook behind Razoo’s at times. Cleaned up good when conventions were in town (500 or so a night). Nice little side gig.

I kinda miss Ft Worth.

[waterhill]

Yes it is insolvent. I knew a firemarshall who retired at 55 pulling in over 200k a year. WTH?

[Olog-hai]

The Commandment to not murder makes no such distinction.

[Dalberg-Acton]

One solution to fix Austin, TX, is to move the State capitol and UTA both to Langtry, TX.
Let the Leftwad parasites go there and be away from decent human beings. No offense to any decent humans already living in Langtry!

[SuperLuminal]

Blah! Blah! Blah!

Bill must be spinning in his grave...

[Svartalfiar]

"I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as long as there shall be vacant lands in any part of America. When they get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, they will become corrupt as in Europe."

I'm sure half the people around here know who this comes from...

[llevrok]

I like Ft Worth. Especially Angelo’s BBQ

But I digress....

[foreverfree]

bump

[Reeses]

About 40 years ago the Democrat Party chose to become the city slicker party because that is where the voters can be bought for the cheapest price and least effort. However in the process they've exposed themselves to concentrated dangers on many fronts such as nukes, terrorism, Ebola-like viruses, pollution, crime, riots, increasingly deadly drugs. Democrats are now dependent on Republicans for most of their food, fuel, heat, water, power, and defense. Add in socialist spending, pension system implosions, self-driving cars enabling people to live farther out, and now the ability to work, shop, date, socialize from anyplace on Earth with a high speed internet connection. The Democrat mob bosses thought they were playing a clever game of chess but they've positioned themselves for the checkmate.

[Does so]

I LIKE cities.

I lived in Miami for most of my life—NOT going back!

[mo]

cities are anachronisms.

They came into existence on waterways, rail lines and roads as places where men concentrated capital-money, supplies and labor from all over the world-to undertake projects for the common need.

No need to be so geographically bound today. Money-instead of gold and silver-has become electrons, information is the substance of trade, while goods and material are individually directly distributed by truck and mailman. The efficiencies that initially made the suburbs possible are now making the city obsolete.

The “debt sinks” in the USA-the “trillion -dollar” debt sinks-are the major metropolitan centers. Look at their muni-bond values. A dumpster fire that will never be put out-but eventually will be allowed to burn itself out once Fed.gov gets the picture.

Mass illegal immigration and the attendant Federal extortion monies that come with it are all that keep Chicago, LA, SF, and half a dozen other major cities alive

[Blue House Sue]

“The efficiencies that initially made the suburbs possible are now making the city obsolete.”

Most cities are growing and becoming more densely populated, and to reflect that, property values in cities are increasing.