[Cringing Negativism Network]

That may be, there are always cities growing and other cities shrinking.

What I am referring to, are much bigger however.

America itself is shrinking now.

We need to bring back jobs to America.

[Ohioan]

Nations have survived hard times; but not social chaos. (Not that the loss of jobs is not related to the social chaos, which obviously raises the cost of producing--and thus hiring--in the United States.)

The loss of a common identity; of social cohesion; magnifies all other problems; makes it infinitely more difficult to even ameliorate other problems.

Detroit went down further than more Conservative cities, precisely because of its being the victim of egalitarian/collectivist values (i.e., the philosophic underpinning of Communist values).

This was all predictable--completely predictable. To understand the general effect of the earlier agitation, to which I refer, see The Greatest Mischief Ever Wrought.

Or, to approach the questions from a positive direction; that is, to understand why America prospered so greatly before the Leftist policies (social engineering, etc.) brought about the present problems, consider America-- Grounded On Experience & Reason.

William Flax