Sure, once the feds grow and liberties shrink we have lost. But many of those remaining in rust belt cities are below average in intelligence (after all, approximately half the country is), and if those with double-digit IQs also have poor character, then they become the social and economic basketcases that lead to more poor governmental solutions.
Folks in rust belt states are below average intelligence? Jeez, you aren’t judgemental are you? What a bigoted thing to say.