We're still dealing with carpetbaggers down here.
An example, While in Coastal NC, I lived in an unincorporated section of Pender County... The County Seat was a 30-45 minute drive away. No local cops, strictly County Deputies....Just two local VFD's or it went to the county...
A knock at my door one weekend introduced me to a "yankee" transplant from Rhode Island....Wanted me to sign a petition to get our little town "incorporated"...Local Cops, Mayor, Town Council, (modest local tax),.....
I asked him why he left "the North",.....his response was it was too expensive, too cold, too many layers of city, state, and federal taxes.
My simple response was why than are you peddling the same sh*t you left down here? Moreover, I need "another layer" of incompetent gov't?
He left rather perplexed without a signature,...and when presented to a vote, was shot down overwhelmingly...
Back on topic:
What do the top ten cities with the highest poverty rate all have in common?
DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP!
Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn’t elected
a Republican mayor since 1961;
Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn’t elected one since 1954;
Cincinnati, OH (3rd)… since 1984;
Cleveland, OH (4th)… since 1989;
Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican Mayor;
St. Louis, MO (6th)…. since 1949;
El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican Mayor;
Milwaukee, WI (8th)… since 1908;
Philadelphia, PA (9th)… since 1952;
Newark, NJ (10th)… since 1907.