>>83010070
I'm not just talking about the various failed/failing US cities and states, I'm talking about the history of horribly failed countries. anyhoo, Boise, Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville, Austin, Dallas, and Reno have all been doing well for themselves lately, tho they all obviously have their (often very) rough spots and lots of growing pains, and it'll be interesting to see if they can weather a severe economic downturn. SLC is doing well economically, but they gotta keep that lake from drying up, and I don't think they're doing enough, which could literally kill the city long term due to exposure from the mining waste that's been dumped into the lake over the last century and change. San Francisco's new mayor is good and I hope they keep making progress, watching that city go into decline like it did really sucked. Vancouver WA has been doing pretty well for itself while its retarded neighbor to the south self-destructs. Seattle was turning things around but it looks like they've lost their minds and today will apparently be electing a hard left activist who has never held down a steady job in her life in so rip
generally speaking, the places that have ideological diversity and political parties who have to jostle for power seem to have the best governance. when you start seeing supermajorities, one party rule, etc, shit goes downhill
