re: What in the cornbread hell happen to our country since 1984??

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I imagine that is all over weighted by the post apocalyptic war zones of our shithole cities of the time

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Yes, cities have gotten better. That's where most of the people live.

Most everywhere else got better or stayed the same.

A few places (primarily Rust Belt areas where populations refused to adapt and chose to go down the road of social pathology instead) did decline, but their population/impact was minimal.