Revenge of the cities

November 23, 2006 1:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (352) | TrackBacks (0)

One of the reasons the Republicans have so thoroughly lost the urban vote is that they have spent the last 30 years demonizing the culture of big cities – from Reagan’s welfare queens to the recent scaremongering about San Franciscan Nancy Pelosi becoming speaker of the House. City dwellers, we’re told, are not part of “real America.” No doubt this division made more sense in the early days of the Republic, when the U.S. was more than 90 percent rural. But today, only 20 percent of Americans live in rural areas. And whatever you think about the culture of urban life, it is an undeniable fact that the big cities are footing the bill for the residents of so-called “real America.” Blue states consistently pay more in taxes than they receive in federal assistance; the opposite is true for the red states. Why? Because cities like New York or Los Angeles or San Francisco, despite their welfare queens, are tremendous engines of wealth creation. The right wing might still evoke gay marriage and beatniks when it slurs the “radical” Bay Area, but in terms of tax revenues – not to mention global brands – Apple and Google are much more representative of Bay Area values.

I never believed that the attacks against Nancy Peolsi and her "San Francisco values" were that effective in most parts of the country, especially the politically contested parts. Millions of people visit San Francisco (or New York for that matter) and enjoy themselves. Attacking major cities as big, scary dens of sin doesn't work in a mobile society with advanced communications technology.

Anyway.... Happy Thanksgiving!

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