The maddening thing about the urban/rural divide is that over the last ~150 years, the differences between the two have shrunk! By a lot. We all get our food from the grocery store! We all have to drive to get anywhere! We’re all plugged into the same television/internet! And, of course as you point out, WE’RE ALL PLAGUED BY NEOLIBERALISM!
Currently the big divide between rural and urban is racial integration; in lots of cities white people have shrunk from a majority to a plurality, and there’s much greater richess of diversity in cultural influences. On the other hand, lots of rural areas are basically still “whites-only” sunset towns.
That’s why conservatives are obsessed with talking about “sanctuary cities”, “Democrat-run cities”, “urban crime”, “burning down cities”, “city warzone”, it’s just dogwhistles for “we think civil rights was a mistake and segregation never should have ended”.
The maddening thing about the urban/rural divide is that over the last ~150 years, the differences between the two have shrunk! By a lot. We all get our food from the grocery store! We all have to drive to get anywhere! We’re all plugged into the same television/internet! And, of course as you point out, WE’RE ALL PLAGUED BY NEOLIBERALISM!
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Currently the big divide between rural and urban is racial integration; in lots of cities white people have shrunk from a majority to a plurality, and there’s much greater richess of diversity in cultural influences. On the other hand, lots of rural areas are basically still “whites-only” sunset towns.
That’s why conservatives are obsessed with talking about “sanctuary cities”, “Democrat-run cities”, “urban crime”, “burning down cities”, “city warzone”, it’s just dogwhistles for “we think civil rights was a mistake and segregation never should have ended”.
Yeah… yeah. God but this country never really changes does it? It feels that way sometimes.