Posted on 03/30/2017 6:23:33 AM PDT by Kaslin
Cause of death was an overdose of Democrats.
Consider the list: Baltimore, east side of DC, Memphis, Detroit, downtown Birmingham, Chicago, Cleveland.
Hellholes need infusions of fresh demon blood - - illegals, criminals, and 'elites' are 'welcome'...
Lol...I always thought big cities were an anomaly in nature and are doomed to devolve into jungles. God never meant people to live that way IMO!
Such doom and gloom. All that’s needed to fix everything is more illiterate unskilled refugees familiar with IED making.
I have Lived and Watched the downfall of Southern California for the last 45 years. In not too many years I will retire and Move permanently to my Home in Arizona
The cause of death was the glowBULList Free Traitors™ ripped the industrial heart out the USA and gave to Asians, on a silver platter. Now cites are not economically viable and we blame the Democrats? Ludicrous.
As long as the politicians can rob Peter to give to Paul they will always have Paul’s vote. In today’s big cities there are more “Pauls” then “Peters”.
Perhaps the simplest solution is to restrict the right to vote to taxpayers (as our founding fathers did when they allowed only property owners to vote)
And Pittsburgh’s Mayor in the Closet is trying to turn us into San Francisco on the Allegheny.
The movie Gran Torino. Except that had a happy ending.
I’m guessing that St. Louis will soon be on that list.
Our civilization is in the beginnings of another huge transformation. The industrial revolution brought people from the farms, which where themselves disappearing, to the cities in search of work. The cities grew because there was a concentration of work and workers. Then, Democrats discovered that the concentration of work meant taxes and the concentration of workers meant voters who could be bought by making the work side of the equation pay even more for the labor. The work side began moving away from the cities. Worse, what it means to work is also in a transformation. It used to mean getting hot and sweaty moving things through a process that eventually produced a product. Now, it often means either answering questions, like a phone operations center for your product, or it means sitting at a desk punching keys where the product is something that didn’t exist fifty years ago, an app, say. Much of the more modern work doesn’t need to be in a city. Many software providers live dozens or hundreds of miles away from cities.
Now, cities could still be viable, but not when it costs outrageous amounts to be there and you have to jump through ridiculous hoops to remain. (I’m talking to you, San Francisco.) At some point, people move their work to someplace where they can either not be bothered by Democrats, say China, or they evolve their business into something that doesn’t need the infrastructure and amenities of a city. Democrats killed the Golden Goose.
GlowBULL Free Trade came to you courtesy of the Democrats.
NAFTA became reality thanks to Bill Clinton. If Bush 41 would have been re-elected the Dems would have dug-in, and it would never have been ratified.
Cities arose because workers needed to be close to work and had little transportation alternatives. That ended in the 50s. Since then, cities survive largely as economic parasites.
If you're heart isn't broken enough over the decline of our cities, watch this short video on Dying Detroit.
I’m not so sure about that anymore. I see incompetent and irresponsible Democratic rule in these dumps as a symptom of the problem, not the cause of it. Cities decline for complex reasons, and the real question we should be asking ourselves is whether or not they’re all even worth saving.
Ever wondered what it was like for Romans living in Empire as it declined?
Well, here you go...
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