It was another chapter in a dismal saga of Nimbyist urban mismanagement that is crushing American cities. There are many threads in the story of America’s increasingly unlivable cities. One continuing tragedy is the decimation of local media and the rise of nationalized politics in its place. Then there is the refusal on the part of wealthy progressives to live by the values they profess to support at the national level. Dense urban areas are quite literally the “real America” — the cities are where two-thirds of Americans live, and they account for almost all national economic output.

Source: New York Times May 22, 2019 19:00 UTC