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re: Decline of American cities
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:31 pm to samson73103
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:31 pm to samson73103
Chicago
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Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:54 pm to samson73103
Those cities were never great
Well in my lifetime they weren’t
Well in my lifetime they weren’t
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:54 pm to Centinel
quote:
think the term you're looking for is "gentrification".
Good.
We need more of that
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:55 pm to samson73103
Midtown Memphis is really cool. Not sure why Memphis is on your list.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:57 pm to GeorgePaton
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I've said it before, I'll say it again........get out of the big cities and suburbs and move to smaller towns.
Pass
My city/neighborhood is fine
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:57 pm to GeorgePaton
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I've said it before, I'll say it again........get out of the big cities and suburbs and move to smaller towns.
To do what?
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:57 pm to VermilionTiger
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Why did you leave off Chicago?
Chicago isn’t bad at all.
Before this happened was there for work
Really clean city.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:58 pm to samson73103
quote:
Detroit
Baltimore
St Louis
NOLA
Memphis
What happened to these cities who were once great but now seem pretty much a lost cause?
loss of industry and the middle class. Jobs expanding to more elite coastal towns
Posted on 3/31/20 at 8:59 pm to samson73103
quote:. Lots of good folks from there, way better than those to inbred fks anyway.
When Jimmy Swaggart and Jerry Lee Lewis are what a town is known for, it goes without saying your best was never all that good.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 9:04 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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Detroit
Baltimore
St Louis
NOLA
Memphis
All of these cities are experiencing gentrification (albeit slowly). Nola is gentrifying the fastest but has the worst job market and thus the least potential to come back out of these cities. Detroit, St. Louis and Baltimore are all large metro areas with very nice suburbs. Memphis is smaller but still has an unusually high number of Fortune 500 companies and is in a business-friendly state.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 9:05 pm to White Bear
Globalist mentality that allowed jobs to move overseas.
Down goes American economy
China virus is fruit of that crop
Down goes American economy
China virus is fruit of that crop
Posted on 3/31/20 at 9:10 pm to TulaneFan
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The Automobile industry expanding to other places and the factories closing down in Detroit, causing thousands to lose their jobs.
Yet the Detroit suburbs exploded in population...
This post was edited on 3/31/20 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 3/31/20 at 9:36 pm to samson73103
Inflation
Posted on 3/31/20 at 10:16 pm to Paul Allen
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Midtown Memphis is really cool. Not sure why Memphis is on your list.
maybe because of the rest of Memphis.
Actually it has its good parts but it still has Crump and Lamar too
Posted on 3/31/20 at 10:34 pm to samson73103
You don’t know what you’re talking about. Get out of the sticks. I’ve lived in Nola for over 60 years and it’s better today than ever before. It’s an exciting, active city
This post was edited on 3/31/20 at 10:36 pm
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:29 am to Picayuner
ok Posted on 4/1/20 at 9:49 am to samson73103
Demographics are the easy answer to point to, but it really is rooted in a deeper problem: globalism has hollowed out America.
Our industry base which so many cities and smaller towns were built upon has been removed and the irreplaceable middle-class jobs they provided were either replaced with low-quality service jobs or not at all. Compounding the problem is that increases in cost-of-living make it difficult to re-shore those same jobs while keeping the products they produce competitive (due to higher required wages).
This will work itself out, I believe. The manufacturing jobs will return, but it’s going to take time.
Our industry base which so many cities and smaller towns were built upon has been removed and the irreplaceable middle-class jobs they provided were either replaced with low-quality service jobs or not at all. Compounding the problem is that increases in cost-of-living make it difficult to re-shore those same jobs while keeping the products they produce competitive (due to higher required wages).
This will work itself out, I believe. The manufacturing jobs will return, but it’s going to take time.
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