Detroit to the left, Windsor, Ontario to the right. A stark contrast in land use models: highways + big roads + skyscrapers (+ empty lots) vs. smaller-scale, more-even urbanism.
A lot going on in the history here beyond urbanism (I grew up an hour away) but an interesting, visible juxtaposition.
December 10, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Detroit metro GDP per capita is significantly higher than Windsor metro GDP
Obama and Trump were both the types of charismatic/inspiration figures that low trust/low information voters are going to gravitate toward (like Clinton and Kennedy). And it’s fun to be part of the “in crowd”.
More broadly, I think the truth is that Obama won by activating low-propensity/low-trust voters with incoherent policy preferences, and when he wasn't on the ballot, they wandered off.
December 9, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Obama and Trump were both the types of charismatic/inspiration figures that low trust/low information voters are going to gravitate toward (like Clinton and Kennedy). And it’s fun to be part of the “in crowd”.
Increasing the retirement age is a problem of wealth inequality. Many blue collar workers can’t work past 65, while white collar workers choose to. The life expectancy for poorer Americans is lower so they realize less benefit from retirement or social programs like Medicare or Social Security.
Rep. Mark Alford: "It's gonna mean cuts to the 24 percent of the discretionary spending that we have. And it's also going to mean looking long term at the front end of some programs like Social Security and Medicare ... we can move the retirement age back a little bit."
December 9, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Increasing the retirement age is a problem of wealth inequality. Many blue collar workers can’t work past 65, while white collar workers choose to. The life expectancy for poorer Americans is lower so they realize less benefit from retirement or social programs like Medicare or Social Security.