First of all, let me clear something up I’ve had to clear up several times now. I’m not criticizing the suburbs. I’m criticizing people who feel a sense of entitlement about living in the suburbs.
Liberalism failed the cities. However, the suburbs may no longer be a viable alternative for a lot of people. People may start to move abandoned cities and try to fix them, and not with any big government programs. Alternately, they can build new cities or expand existing ones. With the internet and the availability of air travel, you can put a city just about anywhere.
True, to a great extent.
However, the suburbs may no longer be a viable alternative for a lot of people. People may start to move abandoned cities and try to fix them, and not with any big government programs. Alternately, they can build new cities or expand existing ones. With the internet and the availability of air travel, you can put a city just about anywhere.
Gentrification is occuring, and has been occuring, in many cities - Ohio City in Cleveland, and just north of the river here in Chattanooga. People are doing so of their own volition. Unfortunately, there is still the democRAT monolith that runs many large cities, particularly those of the north. Cleveland is extremely liberal, as is Detroit, Chicago, and such. Atlanta has its problems as well.
Chattanooga still enjoys some degree of conservatism and that alone makes it a better place to live. Plus, it's a smaller city. I personally believe that when a city reaches a certain size, it takes a turn for the worst. Too many people living on top of one another, with no means for escape. Maybe it's the population density or maybe it's the lack of privacy and lack of freedom of movement - I don't know. But I do know that the larger the city, the more trouble it seems to have.
“I’m criticizing people who feel a sense of entitlement about living in the suburbs.”
Nobody here has demanded “a sense of entitlement” to live in the suburbs. You’ve projected your liberal vomit onto the good citizens here at FR. People at FR talk about allowing the free market to work. You write like a 19 year old college freshmen sponge who just exited a lecture from a drooling Marxist professor.
Allow me to recommend to you “The Federalist Papers.” Get back to us after you’ve read it.