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Why are red counties so much less productive than blue ones
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Anonymous 9w

Low intelligence

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Anonymous 9w

So the “blue cities” thing really happened only in like 1990s, before then there was actually kinda a mix of red and blue cities!! A lot of it was because in the fallout of Reagan rural areas stagnated and cities transformed to less manufacturing, and more finance/texh/education, which pushed them more blue

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Anonymous 9w

They’re generally poorer and more rural

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Anonymous 9w

They produce what the cities need… what do the blue counties produce? Genuine question cuz I mostly see like… imports when I’m in a city.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 9w

Now the only “real” cities that are red are like Fort Worth, Jacksonville, and OKC (Dallas is purple…. doesn’t count in my book) Historically, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Denver, even LA and San Diego were all red cities

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 9w

The entire finance, tech, services, and manufacturing sector. Every corporate brand, every piece of software, every patent and design you use

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 9w

I’ve designed several patents. I was at the beach when my last one was submitted. Finance and tech have been abhorrent. Especially this last decade. But I wish you luck trying to eat your next iPhone.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 9w

You submit patents and you need to ask what literally all the cities of this country produce for GDP?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 9w

I haven’t traveled to every city in America. People talk a bunch of nonsense on the internet. It’s interesting to see who’s from where and been where knowing what which cities actually produce. For instance: there’s a reviving market for clay/brick in the south east and coal cities/large towns may see a revival as well.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 9w

I went to school in Syracuse it used to be a manufacturing hub before NAFTA. NYC is my spot and it’s the powerhouse of all human history imo. The new Babylon the new Rome

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 9w

Considering both of those fell to hedonism within (combo of things, but accelerated hedonism at the core) … that doesn’t give me warm and fuzzies.

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