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Buried within this hyperpartisan article are some truths: yes, outstate resentment of states’ dominant cities is real and palpable. But Dr. Kennedy’s portrayal of urban persecution is focused on the enthrallment of the white-collar, cosmopolitan, well-educated contingent in big cities (Indy included), which typically reveals a staggering blind spot that most if not all big cities also offer the highest concentration of poverty, corruption, and crime within the state. Both extremes concentrated in a single little paved-over zone.
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Indianapolis nowhere near dominates, population-wise, compared to other big cities within their respective states: NYC, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis-St. Paul (might as well be viewed as one continuous urbanization), to a lesser extent Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Baltimore. Our neighboring state is a perfect example though: Illinois has higher wages, higher educational attainment, higher household incomes, greater clout within the global economy. All because of Chicago and the machine politics it has spawned since the dawn of time. But Illinois also faces disproportionate corruption, prohibitively high income taxes, and net job loss (much to neighboring states) because the socioeconomic and regulatory model prompted by the Chicago machine doesn’t work well at all for the rest of the state. But there’s little that can be done because such a high proportion of Illinois’ population lives in Chicago or has ties to the Chicagoland economy. It’s a double-edged sword–the best and worst inclinations of the democratic process.