Not in our neck of the woods. The jobs are all in the suburbs and the cities grasp at any kind of subsidy they can get their hands on. The schools there are crumbling and bumbling. People don't feel safe. The roads are barely passable. Population is in decline, moving to where the wealth and jobs are.

The wealthiest 1400 people in the US pay as much tax as the least wealthy 50%.

EDIT: citation: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-14/top-3-of-...