Interesting Article about Rural Rage in America

[Eddie Teach]

Holy cockslaps, that makes it look like Obama's blue party is some kind of fringe political faction that struggles to get 20 percent of the vote. The blue parts, however, are more densely populated -- they're the cities. In the upper left, you see the blue Seattle/Tacoma area, lower down is San Francisco and then L.A. The blue around the dick-shaped Lake Michigan is made of cities like Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and Chicago. In the northeast is, of course, New York and Boston, leading down into Philadelphia, which leads into a blue band which connects a bunch of southern cities like Charlotte and Atlanta.

Pretty decent chunks of blue (say like in New England) are not urban or even really suburban.

Yeah and some cities are red. The Mississippi and Rio Grande valleys are not exactly urban either. It is not an exact science.

Well the Democrats are an alliance of urban elites and racial minorities for the most part.

[garbon]

In the US your small town goes to shit and that's it. No hope anywhere for miles around. In the UK meanwhile there's probably a decent city just 20 miles away. 

I rather question whether there's a decent city anywhere in the UK outside London.

[garbon]

http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/newsroom/releases/2015/cb15-33_graphic.pdf

The majority of Americans live in cities/incorporated places.

[Josquius]

Does a city necessarily mean a city in the US?
The Japanese population data now says a huge percentage of the population live in cities.... because in the noughties lots of villages merged with their neighbours and declared themselves cities. Despite remaining collections of villages

[Lettow77]

The less said of japan the better.

Rural Japan is wonderful. There are empty homes, some of which get covered in undergrowth, and most people are old. It's very gentle and goes well with tea.

Rural Tennessee is a place of real anger.

[mongers]

The less said of japan the better.

Rural Japan is wonderful. There are empty homes, some of which get covered in undergrowth, and most people are old. It's very gentle and goes well with tea.

Rural Tennessee is a place of real anger.

That's quite poetic, Lettow.

[lustindarkness]

Interesting article.

[mongers]

Interesting article.

Highlights just how poorly Trump is letting down the genuine real grievances some of these people have, they deserve a lot better.

[CountDeMoney]

Interesting article.

Highlights just how poorly Trump is letting down the genuine real grievances some of these people have, they deserve a lot better.

Still, don't underestimate the very American tradition of actively embracing anti-intellectualism and the Calvinist work ethic. 

[mongers]

Interesting article.

Highlights just how poorly Trump is letting down the genuine real grievances some of these people have, they deserve a lot better.

Still, don't underestimate the very American tradition of actively embracing anti-intellectualism and the Calvinist work ethic.

Nah, our Brexit decision still Trumps anything you guys have yet come up with, or now.

[Admiral Yi]

Highlights just how poorly Trump is letting down the genuine real grievances some of these people have, they deserve a lot better.

Enlighten me.  I skimmed it and I'm having a hard time seeing what these genuine real grievances are.

[mongers]

Highlights just how poorly Trump is letting down the genuine real grievances some of these people have, they deserve a lot better.

Enlighten me.  I skimmed it and I'm having a hard time seeing what these genuine real grievances are.

Yi, empathy, empathy is your friend.

[CountDeMoney]

Yi, empathy, empathy is your friend.

You do realize that's where he is, don't you?  Yi has a ringside seat and is up to his balls in Mayberry, USA.

[Admiral Yi]

Yi, empathy, empathy is your friend.

What would you like me to empathize with?  That they make more movies about cities?  That cities are more densely populated?

[Ed Anger]

This thread reminds me that I need to make my annual visit to Harlan Kentucky.