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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rising income inequality means that some areas have become extremely expensive while others have stagnated.

In the 50s and 60s economic growth was more broad-based. Now many second-tier cities like Pittsburgh, Cleveland, even St. Louis have done pretty badly, HQs have moved to places like NYC. Wealth is concentrated in the tech sector, in lawyers, lobbyists and financiers. The places where people like that live have become very expensive as a result.[/quote]

So Trump (even though he is a New Yorker) basically won because of second tier cities?[/quote]
Umm, no. Pittsburgh, Cleveland, St. Louis, and pretty much every single other "second tier city" in the US are all extremely Democratic.[/quote]

I think there should be a distinction between 'Old' Democrats and modern ones like AOC in NYC.

Every city you listed basically took a huge dive the moment the 50s hit, the world wars ended, and industry money for long-held crafts like coal and railroad distribution went belly-up.

My point - the Old Democrat bastions are the ones that are longtime unionist strongholds that were prolific because of the companies that called those cities home.

No more companies no more revenue. No more revenue equals city circles drain.[/quote]
Umm, ok. Doesn't change the fact that it's flat out incorrect to state that "second tier cities" gave Trump the election.[/quote]

Oh right that. I don't think second-tier cities gave DJT the election. I think the mass of population in rural and exurban communities that collectively swung the electoral college system gave DJT the election.

Those people may not have the demographic population numbers of cities (even second-tier ones) but they had the political power to flex and so they did.

Too bad they just managed to hack off their own foot in the process. Trump's son-in-law just invested a billion dollars in their new family metropolis, meanwhile the farmers in Nebraska are underwater literally and figuratively.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-06/grains-soy-trump-tariff-threat-to-china-drives-ag-prices-lower

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-aid/no-fresh-aid-package-for-u-s-farmers-planned-for-now-agriculture-secretary-idUSKCN1S62M3

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/nebraska-underwater-74-cities-65-counties-declare-emergencies-as-flooding-envelops-state/ar-BBUWT1P

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-22/kushner-cos-buys-apartment-portfolio-for-1-1-billion-wsj-says[/quote]
Yes, it is unfortunate. I am from Wisconsin, which lost I believe over 800 farms last year alone. I do know that there is a lot of outreach being done on the part of the state Democratic Party to engage with the rural areas and help connect the dots, if you will. [/quote]

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