"Be smart: All of this is hitting politics hard. Democrats own the fast-growing cities and Republicans rule rural. The polarization could easily get worse, not better, as technology speeds change.
Telling stat: Donald Trump carried 2,584 counties to Hillary Clinton’s 472. But the counties she carried accounted for nearly two-thirds of U.S. economic output, per the Brookings Institution.
Telling stat 2: Orange County flipping to blue marks the end of the last Republican urban area in America.
Worst case scenario: Ian Bremmer’s Eurasia Group, which examines geopolitical trends, warned earlier this year that the next great worldwide independence movement could be prosperous, powerful cities breaking off on their own. Doubtful, but fun for parlor games."
https://www.axios.com/america-cities-inequality-wealth-jobs-economy-4c0ff452-7c44-4c24-9b29-daf6688cdf49.html
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