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[–]Aureus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

This is an excellent article, thanks for posting it. It'd be great to see more discussion of this on here

[–]rdh2121 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

How is this an excellent article? It's just a fearmongering op-ed citing zero data designed to get clicks and encourage echo chambers. This is the OPPOSITE of what we should be wanting on /s/news.

[–]Aureus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Daniel Henninger has written a highly insightful article about this alarming political and moral crisis in his June 18 Wall Street Journal piece, “The Coming Urban Exodus.”

Henninger observes that many of the same city centers that have experienced nonstop street marches and significant lootings following outrage over the Minneapolis murder of George Floyd, were the ones already losing population: New York (as always), Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland, Milwaukee, St Louis, Minneapolis, Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, Ore., on and on. This trend, he argues, reflects an ambivalence — at best — on the part of modern urban progressive governance toward maintaining civil order as well as political incompetence and intellectual incoherence.

If you can't see it, I can't make you see it, no matter what I say. But I found this part interesting and insightful. Noting that these cities are losing population is data.

[–]rdh2121 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is correlation, not causation. Remember that we're currently in the middle of a pandemic, with record unemployment, which is guaranteed to affect urban areas more directly than rural areas. There are entirely too many conflating factors.

This article goes beyond jumping to conclusions, to the point of being disingenuous, and I still maintain that it's not appropriate for the sub.

[–]Aureus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Remember that we're currently in the middle of a pandemic, with record unemployment, which is guaranteed to affect urban areas more directly than rural areas.

I think that's the point of the article, my friend. These factors are driving people out of the cities. Both the article OP linked and the WSJ article mention the pandemic.

I agree that the pandemic may be the most important consideration. But you can't deny that the riots are a factor. A billion-dollar investment firm recently cited them in its move from Seattle to Phoenix. A factory in Minneapolis cited them when choosing to relocate rather than rebuild after being burnt down. I can't imagine those are the only businesses deciding to move.

If you can't see that, I have no way to make you see it. You either have the eyes for it or you don't.