Childless in the City, Hopeless in the Hinterlands

Many posts have discussed the connections of family, education, inequality, and geography.

I wrote about how America's richest cities are becoming entertainment machines for the childless elite.https://t.co/fiaYL4YQI3 pic.twitter.com/4LH0RoOhMU

— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) July 18, 2019

The US economy is biased toward higher-density areas where young liberals cluster, diminishing their electoral power.

While the electoral system is biased toward the lowest-density areas that draw indignation from their economic decline.

This seems bad.https://t.co/fiaYL4YQI3 pic.twitter.com/Cy7vqFBBaw

— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) July 18, 2019