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> Lots of people are leaving the cities. And most of them aren't moving to Flyover, Nowhere. They are moving 8 miles down Main Street, to another part of their
by vkou 3y ago
> Lots of people are leaving the cities.
And most of them aren't moving to Flyover, Nowhere. They are moving 8 miles down Main Street, to another part of their metro area.
> definition of a failed state
You have a very strange definition of a failed state. Are there rival warlords conscripting people into their liberation armies at gunpoint? Is drinking the tap water going to kill you? Does SF have to make do with 8 to 18 hours of electricity a day? Is there no food at the grocery? Are the schools and universities open? Are there multiple acts of terrorism a week, caused by plain-clothes insurgents? Has unemployment hit 30%? Have employers stopped paying people?
Are pensioners lining up on Market Street every day, to try to sell strangers their fur coats and toasters and jewelry, so they can afford to feed themselves next week? Has life expectancy dropped by a decade or so?
- baremetal 3y ago>Are there multiple acts of terrorism a week, caused by plain-clothes insurgents? Gang shootings every day? >Are pensioners lining up on Market Street every day, to try to sell strangers their fur coats and toasters and jewelry No the pensioners couldn't afford to live there and moved out. You have immigrant people selling [stolen] toasters and shampoo on the street. >Has life expectancy dropped by a decade or so? Life expectancy is significantly shorter for a large segment of the population via overdose, because lawlessness pervades. > Are the schools and universities open? Yes I believe SF has reopened schools again, finally. You have masses of people living on the street in tents. And rampant open air drug use and sale. Lawlessness. I suggest you re-evaluate what you are willing to tolerate.