I was thinking the same thing. I am down in Waco and you see it here. Though the folks moving down here are perhaps the Evangelical equivalent of the folks moving to Montana, a lot of folks moving to be the Christian equivalent of Austin, while poor folks just get pushed farther and farther out.
I was thinking the same thing. I am down in Waco and you see it here. Though the folks moving down here are perhaps the Evangelical equivalent of the folks moving to Montana, a lot of folks moving to be the Christian equivalent of Austin, while poor folks just get pushed farther and farther out.
Assortative settlement. Much of the political/social dynamic in North America appears to be related to the underlying dynamic of population shifts. Gentrification in New York, Boston and Chicago dispersed African-Americans en masse to other cities, thereby spreading the political and communal expectations developed during the 80s to wide range of other cities and towns. Now the surge in internal migration from California, Portland, Chicago and New York is transforming parts of rural and small/medium sized America. Like everything else this imposes adjustment costs on everyone, above all the poor.
I have heard/read similar stories about southern England, where the exodus to the country has been exceptionally difficult for the poorer locals, especially in picturesque spots like the Cotswolds.
I was thinking the same thing. I am down in Waco and you see it here. Though the folks moving down here are perhaps the Evangelical equivalent of the folks moving to Montana, a lot of folks moving to be the Christian equivalent of Austin, while poor folks just get pushed farther and farther out.
Assortative settlement. Much of the political/social dynamic in North America appears to be related to the underlying dynamic of population shifts. Gentrification in New York, Boston and Chicago dispersed African-Americans en masse to other cities, thereby spreading the political and communal expectations developed during the 80s to wide range of other cities and towns. Now the surge in internal migration from California, Portland, Chicago and New York is transforming parts of rural and small/medium sized America. Like everything else this imposes adjustment costs on everyone, above all the poor.
I have heard/read similar stories about southern England, where the exodus to the country has been exceptionally difficult for the poorer locals, especially in picturesque spots like the Cotswolds.