Re:Some Cities Are More Doomed Than Others – Peter Thiel and...
by 0xcde4c3db on Friday March 10, 2023 @12:44PM
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In case anyone is wondering, they don't get to the "why" in any concrete way (at least not in this excerpt). There's a dig at "progressive policies", but no discussion of what those policies actually are or why they matter. Thiel implies a couple of times that it has something to do with how relatively entrenched local political machines and interest groups are, but the discussion mostly centers on where they're feeling the most prosperity vibes. Which is fine, but "a couple of wealthy right-wing dudes feel better about Texas and Florida than they do about California" isn't much of a revelation.
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Re:Some Cities Are More Doomed Than Others – Peter Thiel and...
by Zero_Koool on Friday March 10, 2023 @01:13PM
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This is always the argument from supply-side conservatives, but much like how supply side economics never holds up to real strutiny, this ‘liberal cities are dying’ narrative doesn’t hold up either. Outside of liberal enclaves in conservative states (Austin), the fastest growing economies are all liberal coastal cities. It’s where educated people go to study and want to live. See the Kansas Experiment
Re:Some Cities Are More Doomed Than Others – Peter Thiel and...
by gamblor956 on Friday March 10, 2023 @01:35PM
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Exactly.
Even Republicans prefer liberal cities. When GOP Presidential candidates want to raise real money, they make pilgrimages to NYC and LA because that's where the actual money is.
See the Kansas Experiment
DeSantis was here in LA within the past week trying to drum up donations for his presidential campaign, and the best he could offer to justify Florida's dismal economic performance is...that it "ain't woke." But it's better to be woke than broke.