Isn't the real pattern that has ruined a lot of American cities pretty much as follows?
1) White residents move out of the city to the surrounding county. They pay less tax but continue to travel into town for necessities,
2) The city loses tax revenues so raises taxes to compensate, and MORE people (whites and blacks that can afford to) …
Isn't the real pattern that has ruined a lot of American cities pretty much as follows?
1) White residents move out of the city to the surrounding county. They pay less tax but continue to travel into town for necessities,
2) The city loses tax revenues so raises taxes to compensate, and MORE people (whites and blacks that can afford to) move out, and the cycle continues until you have a city with no tax base trying to support a crumbling infrastructure that no one is willing to pay for and everyone blames their political opponents for it.
3) The new black city politicians who had no experience before winning turn out to be even more corrupt and incompetent than the white guys they replaced.
4) The good ole boys make sure to gerrymander the districts (state and federal elections) so that Republicans (ie the White People's Party) maintain control at all levels except the cities which they declare 'lost causes' and 'hell holes of crime'.
I suppose an obvious way to combat this is to merge city and county government (like Memphis, Nashville and Indianapolis) so that suburbanites can't free-ride on city services.
Isn't the real pattern that has ruined a lot of American cities pretty much as follows?
1) White residents move out of the city to the surrounding county. They pay less tax but continue to travel into town for necessities,
2) The city loses tax revenues so raises taxes to compensate, and MORE people (whites and blacks that can afford to) move out, and the cycle continues until you have a city with no tax base trying to support a crumbling infrastructure that no one is willing to pay for and everyone blames their political opponents for it.
3) The new black city politicians who had no experience before winning turn out to be even more corrupt and incompetent than the white guys they replaced.
4) The good ole boys make sure to gerrymander the districts (state and federal elections) so that Republicans (ie the White People's Party) maintain control at all levels except the cities which they declare 'lost causes' and 'hell holes of crime'.
I suppose an obvious way to combat this is to merge city and county government (like Memphis, Nashville and Indianapolis) so that suburbanites can't free-ride on city services.