Does this author not understand that a city in and of itself cannot “fail” its population. That population votes in the government it deserves. This migration will only spread the cultural rot inherent in large cities.
More and more criminal gang activity is occurring in rural America:
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/drugfree/v1donner.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/2011-national-gang-threat-assessment
In Chicago, white racist Democrats trapped blacks in urban ghettos through the highway system. Aldermen John J. Duffy and William J. Lancaster sited them to be a “Maginot Line” against black movement. Richard J. Daley encouraged this racist policy. See the Robert Taylor homes, etc.