Right? The people who hate cities are more than welcome to not go to them. I'm not even sure why they feel obligated to have an opinion on something that they have no intention of engaging with.
Anti-city sentiment has been a core part of right wing politics for my entire lifetime at least (since the 1970s) At least in the 70s 80s 90s backlash to big cities the urban crime rate really was high, New York was going bankrupt etc. Now they're still doing it at a time of historically low crime rates, relatively decently functioning cities etc.
Yeah I think you can definitely trace a through line from the crisis of crime in the 70s that helped sell neoliberalism to the ordinary person and the panics about subway crime today
Say that! I’m so sick of the anti-city sentiment that circulates everywhere these days
Right? The people who hate cities are more than welcome to not go to them. I'm not even sure why they feel obligated to have an opinion on something that they have no intention of engaging with.
Anti-city sentiment has been a core part of right wing politics for my entire lifetime at least (since the 1970s) At least in the 70s 80s 90s backlash to big cities the urban crime rate really was high, New York was going bankrupt etc. Now they're still doing it at a time of historically low crime rates, relatively decently functioning cities etc.
Yeah I think you can definitely trace a through line from the crisis of crime in the 70s that helped sell neoliberalism to the ordinary person and the panics about subway crime today
“The city” = black people. It’s an acceptable way of being prejudiced. 😕