Progressive Cities Aren’t Living Up To Their Values

Progressive cities have been telling themselves a myth for (at least) the last 20 years. Conjuring an identity based on virtue, and strengthened by a sort of moral superiority that looks down its nose at every other part of the country, large, prosperous, and blue cities have come to believe that they’re the champions of the marginalized, working and middle classes, carrying the torch on policies that everywhere else should seek to emulate in the pursuit of more equitable communities. Places like New York, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, DC, and LA (among others), have held their heads high, perhaps too high, incredulous that anywhere else could be as successful, desirable, or noble as them. As the bastions of the intelligentsia with the best schools and culture, most amenities and enlightened values, who else could compete? <a href="https://cobylefko.medium.com/progressive-cities-arent-living-up-to-their-values-f7bbdd4b8e22">Click Here</a>