it'll explode here and everywhere this summer. cori bush and a new progressive, defund the police mayor. it's sad to see and having a broader impact. our largest corp stopped development here and is actively looking at other cities to relocate, charlotte in particular. at the turn of the century (1900), which closely coincided with the world's fair, stl was the 4th largest city in america. in my own lifetime the population in the city has lost 50%. there's been random gentrification, and the founder of twitter is from here and started a few tech zones, but again it's random and relatively meaningless. there's no movement to move back to the city. now with the new progressive mayor and no sign of crime abating suburban flight will just continue. black flight! it's pretty interesting. middle class blacks are saying enough with the bs and have headed for the suburbs too giving rise to the further pop demise of the city.
a city of poor people shooting at each other is all that will remain unless/until massive changes are made. i worked at united way in the 90s for a spell with the alcohol and drug agencies. some in really bad areas. and in the 90s crime was terrible all over the US. back then like hoops always implies it really was isolated to certain streets and gangs. today it's rampant. all over the city. very, very sad. there may be more density in certain areas but nowhere is off limits - particularly with car jackings
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