GalileoSmith
Active Member
For centuries there have been urban/rural cultural differences in most 1st-world countries. Once upon a time the majority of the population was on the "rural" half of the equation. That was a few centuries ago, before the industrial revolution. I am from the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio and I do not know what looks more foreign to me, the gang violence in the inner cities or, the quaint Amish communities in rural Ohio.How long will we keep pretending that the rural vs urban divide isn't at the heart of our major controversies? Or rather the rural vs mega urban divide.
People in the nation's largest cities have different problems that we do in the country. They have different expectations from government are a differential willingness to trade liberty for security.
Crime, the concept of systemic racism, police/community relations, the transfer and spread of virures, dependence upon government for transportation, gun control need and attitudes. All of it is different in nowhere Tenn than it is in Chicago for example.
It may well be that what is best for NYC is bad for Watertown, NY. Or what's workable in Detroit isn't close to doable in the small towns to the north.
What's the answer?