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by Michael Over the past several years, thousands of businesses and millions of people have left America’s large left-wing cities. Of course when moderates and conservatives leave, that just causes those cities to shift even further to the left, and the politicians just implement even more self-destructive policies. So now many of our biggest metropolitan …
Leaders of Sanctuary Cities Express Regrets after Welcoming Illegals ‘The plain truth is that sanctuary city policies hobble law enforcement’s ability to protect the public from dangerous criminals…’ (Casey Harper, The Center Square) – Leaders of major metros around the U.S. have pushed for more progressive immigration policies in recent years by declaring themselves safe …
by confoundedinterest17 Thanks to The Federal Reserve, office property values have gone crazy despite rising vacancy rates. US office space vacancies (white line) have soared since 2008 as The Fed’s massive monetary expansion (blue and green line) has not helped. But Fed monetary expansion DID help drive office prices! At least until 2022, when office space …
The Biden administration, the media, Democrats, and Republicans are all either willfully ignorant or blithely unaware of the looming economic crisis that’s about to hit. Inflation is part of the problem, but we’re going beyond job creation reports and the fallout from Silicon Valley Bank. It’s a crisis that could cause all the dominoes to …
via behindtheblack: This story is simply another data point in a well known trend that became very clear during and after the panic over COVID: The populations of cities run by Democrats are dropping faster than ever before, as citizen flee these badly run crime-ridden hellholes where only honest citizens get punished for defending themselves. The number …
by Michael The chaos that we are witnessing in our streets is the direct consequence of the incredibly bad decisions that our leaders have been making for decades. Traditional morality has been banished from our public schools, gang members and drug dealers are constantly pouring across our wide open borders, and in many of our …
via fortune: If you want a job in the crypto industry, now is not a great time to look. A new report from the Brookings Institution found that after a monster 2021 and early 2022, open positions at crypto companies in the U.S. have fallen in droves, with major cities seeing drops as high as …
Rents are dropping. 📉 Hardest-hit cities include Austin, Las Vegas, and Phoenix, where rental rates are down -6% over the last year. Meanwhile – taxes, insurance, and interest costs are up significantly. Cocktail that could mean forced selling in H2 2023. pic.twitter.com/nKiLmPRW0V — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) July 4, 2023 “Landlords who purchased in the last …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PcZemxl1F4 – Unhealthy air quality continues to plague parts of the Great Lakes and Northeast from thick wildfire smoke that was sent southward into those regions from Canada. Here’s where the worst air quality is right now. Unhealthy air – code red on the EPA’s air quality index – was blanketing much of the interior …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDW1WpcOvcw This is the main. Video mentioned in headline Just read the C-40 reports for yourself and see if any of the concerns are "conspiracy." https://t.co/oRqwQufjVJ — Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) February 28, 2023 Link to his vids on tik tok h/t Coastie Patriot
In this video, Peter highlights the dire situation in San Francisco. The California Senate recently passed a bill making it illegal for store employees to confront shoplifters, contributing to a rise in thefts. As a result, major retailers like Old Navy, Walgreens, T-Mobile, Whole Foods, Amazon Go, and Nordstroms are closing their San Francisco locations. …
US cities where the tax rate jumps most between $100,000 and $250,000, per Bloomberg: pic.twitter.com/gQ5DojPsLS — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) June 8, 2023 In New York and San Francisco, a $250,000 salary has the purchasing power of only about $83,000 after accounting for taxes and adjusting the remaining amount for the local cost of living, per Bloomberg. …