Bearing Witness As Cities Die

Townhall.com ^ | March 30, 2017 | Derek Hunter

[laplata]

Isn’t East Et. Lois a place to avoid?

[dfwgator]

Because we decided to hold certain groups of people to lower standards than everybody else.

[trisham]

Thanks, TIK.

[SouthernerFromTheNorth]

Why are Republicans - even relatively moderate ones - so unelectable in big cities these days? (Heck, I would argue old school centrist *Democrats* to be pretty much unelectable).

[Alberta's Child]

It declined.

Take a look at the steel content in any car or piece of heavy equipment today compared to 60 years ago.

It declined ... but I repeat myself.

And do you really think taconite mining in the Mesabi Iron Range of Minnesota declined because of foreign competition? Many of these "Rust Belt" cities were established as industrial centers because they were located on Great Lakes shipping lanes for this iron ore.

[minnesota_bound]

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[PeterPrinciple]

Why are big cities built? IF Genesis is a clue, it is to bring glory to man and let man control the people?

Gen 11:4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”

[Buckeye McFrog]

Why are Republicans - even relatively moderate ones - so unelectable in big cities these days? (Heck, I would argue old school centrist *Democrats* to be pretty much unelectable).

Bingo! The old-school moderate machine Dems are being displaced by radical activist Dems with social change agendas. That's what I see going on here anyway.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Add Cincinnati. A long-time GOP stronghold is now almost entirely governed by elected dems and has crossed the Rubicon.

[covertInLA]

Which sucks for me. My daughter is going to school in STL.

[immadashell]

The police who responded were sympathetic and professional but ultimately of little assistance. They admitted to being overwhelmed due to the increasing levels of crime and the decreasing size of the police force.

The sad but true reality is that the only way police deter crime is by investigating AFTER THE FACT. The adage, "when seconds count, the police are (best case) minutes away. If the perps know there is a very good chance they will be apprehended (and possibly be incarcerated) may bring the crime rate down, but never eliminate it. The crime rate would be further reduced if potential perps know there is a pretty good chance their intended target is armed.

[covertInLA]

The funny thing about CA is, yeah overrun by democrats, but the most race inflamed cities I have been to are in the east. Boston for instance. I was working for a company in DC, and went up there for 3 months or so. This was the 80s. After a month, I realized something weird. I had not seen a single black person. I asked about it was was told they stay in their zones, and we do not enter their zones. Not sure what it is like now but doubt it got better. Philly is horrible too.

[central_va]

I see incompetent and irresponsible Democratic rule in these dumps as a symptom of the problem, not the cause of it.

Wow, we agree on something.

[litehaus]

“Isn’t East Et. Lois a place to avoid?”

AT ALL COSTS !!! AVOID

If St.Louis in Missouri is bad,East St.Louis in Ill. is HELL

[central_va]

As short as 70 years ago Baltimore had huge ship yards, steel mills and even produced destroyers for the USN. Now it has the “inner harbor” with retail stores, bars and a nice aquarium. What a joke.

[laplata]

Thanks. I heard that about 5 years ago. Somebody said not to stop for gas or anything...just keep going.

[central_va]

Lost in E. St. Louis

[Oshkalaboomboom]

People in Boston were famous for protecting their turf.

[laplata]

Great scene, funny movie. Thanks.

“Rusty, don’t have inappropriate thoughts about her. She’s your cousin”. Or something like that. Lol.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thanks for the Ping!

As of last year, we sold one home ‘in town’ and one smaller farm and are now living full time at our ‘big’ farm.

It’s been a work in progress, and while we have plenty of guns and ammo, we’re working each year towards becoming more and more self-sufficient. ;)

Planning, preparing and getting OUT of the city has been SUCH a BLESSING!