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On a per capita basis, cities like NYC have one of the best carbon footprints in the country. The 'burbs consume inordinate amounts of energy per capita because houses are bigger, people drive everywhere, and they're much less efficient. Resources are limited. People will have to move to more urban centers in order to move towards efficiency.
The OP is talking about rural areas not suburbs with McMansions close to a big city. Very different.
Liberty and Justice for those who can afford to buy it.
You can thank Government intervention for that.
Every law, rule, or restriction government makes to come for justice, takes your liberty to choose for yourself, or in many cases today, your complete freedom to do it at all.
Those that can afford it, break the laws and retain their liberty. When caught, they pay the fine to government to have their liberty back for a minute.
I mean, in part,it's part of the UN's "Sustainable Development" goals. In another part, most of the jobs in rural areas are being destroyed by the globalists and offshoring and coal mining, etc, is being killed by the Enemies of Progress Association (EPA).
Also, the cities tend to be more radical and liberal and so they tend to tilt the voting for the rest of the state.
I actually believe that the rural people are the resistance to the globalists. Those moving to the cities for "better" opportunities are walking right into a trap.
At least, that's what I'm thinking.
I grew up in a small town. I had the option to move anywhere.
I could move to a city, where there are good-looking women, places I can go drink, plenty of fun stuff to do, art, culture, music. Airports so I can get out of town. Mass transit, sort of, so I can wander around on foot. Oh, and I get paid a heck of a lot more.
Or, I could move to a rural area. I'd be able to afford land, I guess, provided I could find work in my field. I guess I could stand on my porch and stare at my yard. I could maybe plant a garden. I like native species. Maybe build a pond?
Nobody is forcing anyone to live in cities, but I do think Progressives prefer if people move there, and adopt their Progressive views, politics, choices, and lifestyle. People in cities are totally dependent upon others to provide them food, energy, sometimes, transportation, and other necessities of life. Ultimately, yes, living in cities, and to a lesser degree, suburban metro areas enable government to have more control over people due to dependency. Has it reached tinfoil hat levels yet? No.
I mean, in part,it's part of the UN's "Sustainable Development" goals. In another part, most of the jobs in rural areas are being destroyed by the globalists and offshoring and coal mining, etc, is being killed by the Enemies of Progress Association (EPA).
Also, the cities tend to be more radical and liberal and so they tend to tilt the voting for the rest of the state.
I actually believe that the rural people are the resistance to the globalists. Those moving to the cities for "better" opportunities are walking right into a trap.
At least, that's what I'm thinking.
Interesting post. I think that migration to the cities from rural areas is an unintended consequence of globalization. In the North-East most of the river towns which all had factories has seen their factories move first to the south and then to the far east.
What is scary here is that much of our fruit comes from abroad and I can't find lamb that is not from Australia or New Zealand.
As far as politics is concerned wouldn't the migration of conservatives from rural areas make the cities more conservative?
We use to be so self sufficient, we exported all the excess to foreign people that had things and resources not found in the USA
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