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Elitism is when you tear down thousands of homes in black neighborhoods so rural drivers can go non-stop downtown. Elitism is when you spend a billion dollars o

Elitism is when you tear down thousands of homes in black neighborhoods so rural drivers can go non-stop downtown. Elitism is when you spend a billion dollars on a freeway interchange in the middle of nowhere while cutting bus service in downtown Milwaukee. Elitism in America always works in favor of rural people because rural America is overwhelming White and American elitism is just racism.

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s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
There can be many forms of elitism, I don't see how it excuses your view of "not many people live in rural America, so fuck em". Black and white people live in rural America, and just because someone is white doesn't mean they are racist or had anything to do with what you're claiming. You're generalizing people based on race, that's racism. You need freeways to connect cities and transport goods, I don't see what that has to do with cities not properly funding public transportation. Urban cities need rural areas for foods and goods. You're living in a bubble of your own elitism. There's more to America than your city, go travel, you'll need a car though :)
- shereadsthenews 7y ago
  > You need freeways to connect cities and transport goods, I don't see what that has to do with cities not properly funding public transportation. You don't see it because you aren't paying attention. In Wisconsin the people of Milwaukee had to sue the state because the state transportation agency cut funding for bus service in black, car-free Milwaukee while spending $1.7bn on an interchange to serve overwhelmingly white people from the surrounding area. It was not a meritless suit; WisDOT settled.
  - s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
    Re-read my comment. I don't see what rural areas have to do with cities not properly funding public transportation. Like all cities, Milwaukee should get their public transportation in order. That being said, public transportation cannot work for rural areas. It can only work in urban and possibly suburban areas.
    - shereadsthenews 7y ago
      In Wisconsin like most states cities are creations of the state and transit authorities are also creations of the states. Local tax revenues flow out of cities into the state government for redistribution, which usually results in a net flow of money out of those cities to rural areas, because the cities have the larger economies and the rural areas have a variety of high costs for things like firefighting and road building. The Milwaukee County Transit System, being a creature of the state, derives its funding from the state, which is not always equitably forthcoming. NYC has the same problem with the MTA being controlled by the state government, despite the fact that 97% of the state's economic activity originates in NYC. Any way, if you know anything about American history then you know about the phenomenon where a surrounding entity like a county or state arranges to extract money from a city while also starving it of services. St. Louis is probably the most notable example. Blaming such a city for its own transportation system, while also suggesting that those cities need to spend their own capital to provide parking and driving opportunities to rural citizens, just underlines how little you understand about American cities.

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s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago

There can be many forms of elitism, I don't see how it excuses your view of "not many people live in rural America, so fuck em". Black and white people live in rural America, and just because someone is white doesn't mean they are racist or had anything to do with what you're claiming. You're generalizing people based on race, that's racism. You need freeways to connect cities and transport goods, I don't see what that has to do with cities not properly funding public transportation. Urban cities need rural areas for foods and goods. You're living in a bubble of your own elitism. There's more to America than your city, go travel, you'll need a car though :)

shereadsthenews 7y ago
> You need freeways to connect cities and transport goods, I don't see what that has to do with cities not properly funding public transportation. You don't see it because you aren't paying attention. In Wisconsin the people of Milwaukee had to sue the state because the state transportation agency cut funding for bus service in black, car-free Milwaukee while spending $1.7bn on an interchange to serve overwhelmingly white people from the surrounding area. It was not a meritless suit; WisDOT settled.
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
  Re-read my comment. I don't see what rural areas have to do with cities not properly funding public transportation. Like all cities, Milwaukee should get their public transportation in order. That being said, public transportation cannot work for rural areas. It can only work in urban and possibly suburban areas.
  - shereadsthenews 7y ago
    In Wisconsin like most states cities are creations of the state and transit authorities are also creations of the states. Local tax revenues flow out of cities into the state government for redistribution, which usually results in a net flow of money out of those cities to rural areas, because the cities have the larger economies and the rural areas have a variety of high costs for things like firefighting and road building. The Milwaukee County Transit System, being a creature of the state, derives its funding from the state, which is not always equitably forthcoming. NYC has the same problem with the MTA being controlled by the state government, despite the fact that 97% of the state's economic activity originates in NYC. Any way, if you know anything about American history then you know about the phenomenon where a surrounding entity like a county or state arranges to extract money from a city while also starving it of services. St. Louis is probably the most notable example. Blaming such a city for its own transportation system, while also suggesting that those cities need to spend their own capital to provide parking and driving opportunities to rural citizens, just underlines how little you understand about American cities.