how likely is it in the face of Secession 2.0 that leftist cities are suddenly going to become bastions of productivity and small government?
There's no saving Leftist Cities, no matter what States decide to secede.
Crime will make it impossible to raise a family there, and in about 15 years you won't find a single fertile family anywhere near them. Any who currently exist are already part of an exodus out of these cities. They've simply bred too much violence to be safe, regardless of post-secession policy, laws, and regulations.
Things will even out in about 40 years, and those cities will return to industry and office centric businesses with hefty pay-checks. Buildings will get gutted and 2-3 current-sized apartments will be joined to provide homes to support the worker's families. Once all the criminals die off, people will be practically paid just to live there.
Shipping, fishing, tech, textiles, and engineering will resurrect the cities.
Well, that is, if they abandon Liberalism.
Otherwise, every city will just turn into what Detroit currently is. Vacant, criminal, and a feeling in the air of spiritual decay. Not far from ghost towns in Old West tales.
There's no saving Leftist Cities, no matter what States decide to secede.
Crime will make it impossible to raise a family there, and in about 15 years you won't find a single fertile family anywhere near them. Any who currently exist are already part of an exodus out of these cities. They've simply bred too much violence to be safe, regardless of post-secession policy, laws, and regulations.
Things will even out in about 40 years, and those cities will return to industry and office centric businesses with hefty pay-checks. Buildings will get gutted and 2-3 current-sized apartments will be joined to provide homes to support the worker's families. Once all the criminals die off, people will be practically paid just to live there.
Shipping, fishing, tech, textiles, and engineering will resurrect the cities.
Well, that is, if they abandon Liberalism.
Otherwise, every city will just turn into what Detroit currently is. Vacant, criminal, and a feeling in the air of spiritual decay. Not far from ghost towns in Old West tales.