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Originally Posted by iheartthed
Yes, agreed. The major cities in the Midwest need to shut off the tap on sprawl, and make massive investments on transit infrastructure. But watching some of the decisions that political leaders have made in the Midwest over the past couple of decades has been like watching execs at zombie companies that are not able to adjust to new competition. It's a different political mindset than the northeast.
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While I don't disagree with you, the issue becomes how. Here in St. Louis, for example, the more powerful St. Louis is suburban St. Louis
County rather than the city. The city would love these things, but if the county says no then it's game over. The city is already thinking of going it alone for MetroLink light rail expansion due to the county's lack of interest, but God only knows if Covid has killed that.
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Originally Posted by Manitopiaaa
Ironically, the only state that has done well in creating a modern business ecosystem (Illinois) is struggling demographically due to other issues (corruption, high taxes, local mismanagement, crime, pension liabilities, Downstate Republicans fleeing to Missouri or Indiana).
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Considering downstate Illinois is getting redder with every passing year, I'm going to take a guess that it's not just the Republicans leaving.