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"I’m from the Midwest, and I love the Midwest, but it’s not representative of modern America" This is your political bigotry. BTW - the issue regarding 'Coast
by edblarney 10y ago
"I’m from the Midwest, and I love the Midwest, but it’s not representative of modern America"
This is your political bigotry.
BTW - the issue regarding 'Coastal Elites' not being 'true Americans' is not so much where they live - it's the fact that NYC, LA, SF etc. are highly transient cities - without multigenerational communities - they import culture, or create little bits of fleeting culture on their own.
Large American cities are a new phenom in the West. Even in Frankfurt, Germany, it's still walkabout and people live near their families etc..
- edblarney 10y agoSorry, by 'political bigotry' I meant the assumption that 'The Coasts' represent what is 'modern' or in any way ideal.
- serge2k 10y ago> I meant the assumption that 'The Coasts' represent what is 'modern' They do though. Multicultural, global trade centers, high tech industry. They are the modern world. That's a big part of the problem, there are places that haven't adapted and as a result are suffering. For a lot of people (say, the vast number of americans who live there) they are closer to the ideal than living in a town in wyoming or wherever. Same thing is true the other way.
- edblarney 10y ago"They do though. Multicultural, global trade centers, high tech industry." No they don't. They represent a specific vision of the future. There are many people living very high standards of living all around Bavaria, Stwitzerland, Netherlands, Scandinavia - that are not part of 'city centres, multiculturalism, or high tech'. The future is whatever we want to make it.