A few years back there was discussion about dying cities. I knew of one such city as my farm was within a 20 minute drive of it.
The Town ... Danville, IL
It was one of two towns in the USA that had not recovered from the 2008 crash.
I can tell you about so many towns I have observed, but my greatest shock after moving there with my wife.
Cleveland Urban's centers (ghetto) = Rural Indiana and Illinois blight
I am shitting you not, it was identical. It was why if you take someone from an area like this, and tell them about racism and all of that, they will look at you cock-eyed.
If you never lived there or grew up there, you won't have the perspective.
E.g. can you imagine living in an agriculture area, and most of the food was near expiration or rotting on the shelves?
Yep ... very common occurence.
Milk e..g. You open it and you have about 48 hours to use it because it is skunked.
What happens to them? They just die like organs in a body after cancer ravages it.
So what we see now hitting urban centers in 2020-202, is the start of it as the blight disease from the midwest, central plain states, and deep south spread everywhere.
Does it matter?
Well yes it does. Why? Where did the lawsuit get spawned from that took out Roe v Wade. See if these areas were economically vibrant and didn't have the brain drain we have seen, then the zealots would not have the power they have.
Now we all pay. I was wrong, I expected this horrible ugh day where we walk into the edge of a social war shit storm was going to be the end of the 2020s and early 2030s .... (my prediction in 2012).
Well 2022 was the marker day.
Amazing and fun outfit ... and great article, now go find a Hojo :D Take care