I can't help but feel like this is a result of capitalist optimization, melting pot culture, and declining religious adherents among other factors. In other wor

I can't help but feel like this is a result of capitalist optimization, melting pot culture, and declining religious adherents among other factors. In other words: the cities are reflections of the individual level, where diversity in all it's meanings continue to decrease. Much of the biggest differences between the Midwest and the South or the East Coast and the West are summed up to first order economically - some areas are cheaper, have fewer restaurants and jobs, and vice versa. There's little serious cultural difference between these areas relative to the "interesting areas". Homogenization begins at the people level, and America is increasingly homogenized at the surface level.