re: In downtown St. Louis. What a shithole…

It’s my hometown. They had a political divorce at the turn of the 1900’s when the City instituted a 1% tax on all business and the productivity moved west, formed “St Louis County” with its own governance and left it to rot. Season that history with white flight, better public schools, maybe a little red-lining to boot. Throw it in the oven with shitty inner city governance and the breakdown of the black family structure of the 1960’s. And voila! Modern St Louis. The Zoo and City Museums are amazing. But the Cardinals are the only reason to go downtown anymore. And this year they aren’t that much of a draw either. Shame.