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Others have said that we should pick other cities as growth centers.
I think this could be a great opportunity to spread wealth away from the coasts so that other places can be vibrant. It is a counterbalance to a couple cities taking most of the opportunity while creating little housing. I don't want to see cheap undesirable places and expensive unattainable ones. I want to see more people with access to a great QOL. Also, if the government invests money to improve a city, it's possible to change the character of the place towards one that would be fitting for the 21st century.
So here is the question - What are your top 5 cities that you would pick as opportunity cities? Why would you pick those ones?
I wouldn’t hold my breath about the Federal government moving some of its bureaucracy out of DC, but I’ve always been a firm believer that the Great Lakes cities are poised for a rebound greater than their current revitalization. Chicago aside, Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Buffalo, and I guess Toledo (if I need 5) are contenders.
Legacy cities with old money that endowed the arts and universities, good housing stock, great suburbs, pro sports, some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, access to the Great Lakes, and “relatively” reasonable housing prices (and “cheap” for apples to apples comparisons to the coasts).
Midwest as a whole should definitely go up again, though - it has the relatively affordable housing, it has the universities (whose graduates then leave for greener pasture...i.e. the "brain drain" from Indiana or Ohio), and it has the infrastructure to certain extent.
Plus being away from the coast (Ok, not really for Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland but the lakes are different from the ocean) mean it won't sink into the ocean in 50 years .
Cleveland - I think this is a very good location. Has a nice river running through it with a nice park. Best urban kayaking in the country. This could be a real gem.
Baltimore - Fantastic location on the NE corridor but not doing great. I think if we could give this place a push, it would already be integrated into a fantastic system.
Pittsburgh - This place seems underrated. At the edge of Appalachia. Could be a beautiful city in the hills. It would be nice if they got rid of the freeway the isthmus and replaced it with a park.
Richmond - This place has nice bones to the city. Also this would help creating an eastern seaboard rail system going all the way down from Boston.
Hartford - Another city in the northeast that has good bones. Overlooked but has potential.
Others have said that we should pick other cities as growth centers.
I think this could be a great opportunity to spread wealth away from the coasts so that other places can be vibrant. It is a counterbalance to a couple cities taking most of the opportunity while creating little housing. I don't want to see cheap undesirable places and expensive unattainable ones. I want to see more people with access to a great QOL. Also, if the government invests money to improve a city, it's possible to change the character of the place towards one that would be fitting for the 21st century.
So here is the question - What are your top 5 cities that you would pick as opportunity cities? Why would you pick those ones?
The Trump Administration tried to move BLM headquarters to Grand Junction, Colorado. It wasn't done to "spread the wealth," it was done to make the bureau dysfunctional as part of a broader push by anti-government clowns like William Perry Pendley to justify selling off government land holdings. Many senior staffers refused to move with the HQ, and a couple dozen or more high-level openings went unfilled. Additionally, the HQ was moved into a building full of energy companies (shocker). The relo failed miserably, and the HQ was moved back to DC after roughly 2 years.
The Trump Administration tried to move BLM headquarters to Grand Junction. It wasn't done to "spread the wealth," it was done to make the bureau dysfunctional as part of a broader push by anti-government clowns like William Perry Pendley to justify selling off government land holdings. The HQ moved into a building full of energy companies (shocker). The relo failed miserably, and the HQ was moved back to DC after roughly 2 years.
Thanks for the info, when I read the thread this was the first thing I thought about, but I couldn't remember what dept moved and where.
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