Why are super progressive cities dystopian holes?

[DMC]

Frankly, as somebody living Los Angeles, there's a Starbucks seemingly every 5 blocks since there's one in almost every supermarket as well.

Always reminds me of Duane Reade in New York, but I didn't think it was sustainable.

Why shift the narrative to "Starbucks is lying"? What need do they have to say it's due to incidents and just look at those cities This seems like some creative soft shoe from the left here to avoid admitting even the left thinks these cities are holes.

[koriwhat]

Why shift the narrative to "Starbucks is lying"? What need do they have to say it's due to incidents and just look at those cities This seems like some creative soft shoe from the left here to avoid admitting even the left thinks these cities are holes.

They are holes. LA was a s of what it was when I first visited back in like 2005 to when I last visited in 2019. Disgusting city but still there's some shimmer of light to it. Maybe I just got old but it seemed more homeless occupied that city as well as a very ty people. I enjoyed half the time I was out there though.

[DMC]

The excuse and misdirection crew came in like a spec ops team

[SnakeBoy]

Portland’s mayor declares state of emergency due to historic levels of gun violence

[DMC]

Portland’s mayor declares state of emergency due to historic levels of gun violence

Probably economic downturn, Mayor is using a convenient excuse. There's no gun violence in Portland.

[ElNono]

Portland’s mayor declares state of emergency due to historic levels of gun violence

Probably economic downturn, Mayor is using a convenient excuse. There's no gun violence in Portland.

Wheeler said the goal is to reduce fatal shootings by 10% over the next two years by increasing community-based interventions.

[DMC]

Wheeler said the goal is to reduce fatal shootings by 10% over the next two years by increasing community-based interventions.

He should have Antifa police the district with bats.

[ElNono]

He should have Antifa police the district with bats.

maybe hand them over the local PD SWAT gear...

[monosylab1k]

A whole 16? How many locations do you think Starbucks has in those cities?

Why won't anyone respond to my stupid post, I'm so lonely

[ElNono]

Why shift the narrative to "Starbucks is lying"? What need do they have to say it's due to incidents and just look at those cities This seems like some creative soft shoe from the left here to avoid admitting even the left thinks these cities are holes.

I missed this post. Who said they're lying? Certainly not in my post.

[DMC]

I missed this post. Who said they're lying? Certainly not in my post.

backlash against labor organizing might be part of that calculation

lol reflexively swallowing corporate PR

[Winehole23]

the Republican firehose of lies has something to do with this misperception

[Winehole23]

[Blake]

Which conservative city is a Utopian paradise?

[Joseph Kony]

what happened to fat DMC anyway? did he finally die from his morbid obesity?

[spurraider21]

what happened to fat DMC anyway? did he finally die from his morbid obesity?

conscripted in russia

[boutons_deux]

Why are rural youth migrating from their toxic s*** hole counties to urban areas for better jobs and education and lifestyle?

[Winehole23]

[Winehole23]

[boutons_deux]

Yep, I was pretty surprised about that. In NJ, Texas, even Vegas, you see the typical hobo, but not that.

People having enough money to own a car but not enough to afford a house or rent

[Winehole23]

OMG I saw a homeless person!

[Winehole23]

Some causes of death other than homicide seem pretty relevant to assessing safety. Your risk of getting killed on the subway or in a subway station is much higher in New York City than in a place with no subway, for example, but if you add up all risks related to getting to work or school or wherever else it is you need to go, it’s a different story. New Yorkers are only about as third as likely to die in transportation accidents of any kind as Americans are overall. Put homicide and transportation risks together, and New York starts looking like a refuge from the American carnage.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...-rural-america

[Winehole23]

The overall lesson seems to be that the more urban your surroundings, the less danger you face. High homicide rates in some cities mean that the central counties in large metropolitan areas are on the whole slightly more dangerous than the suburban counties, but that’s the only exception. The risk of death from truly external causes, as defined here, is three times higher in rural and small-town America than in the country’s largest city.

[boutons_deux]

Repugs pander to their ignorant, stupid rurals in toxic counties by LYING about city life.

"suicides of despair" from drugs, guns, alcohol are more prevalent in rural counties, causing a drop in whites' longevity even before the pandemic.

[vy65]

The super progressive metropolis of Houston, Texas is under a boil water notice today ...