Believe me, it pains me to say so.
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Is fractured government dragging down the economy of the St. Louis region?
How does Fragmentation negatively impact the economic success of our region?
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Our Inefficient and Fragmented Government
This is a post about governmental fragmentation in the St. Louis region. It’s a big topic, so I wasn’t able to fit everything into one post. I’ll be splitting it up into several posts:
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Can St. Louis be saved?
This is a little more off the cuff than my usual posts. It involves a question that I think all St. Louisans have asked ourselves at one point or another: should I stay in St. Louis, or get out while I still can? Should I risk investing my time and money into a city with increasing crime and a diminishing population? Should I bet my fortunes on the St. Louis job market? Should I raise my children in the St. Louis school system?
Gun Control in Missouri (Or lack thereof)
If you read the comments to any Post Dispatch story about an assault on a sympathetic victim, you are certain to see somebody lamenting the fact that the victim wasn’t armed. There are a lot of issues where city Democrats and rural Republicans disagree, but few of those issues are as emotionally charged as the gun control debate. And considering the extreme levels of gun violence in St. Louis, you can’t reasonably have a conversation about crime without bringing up the subject of gun control. The debate goes like this: Democrats believe that the prolific gun culture in the United States contributes to the incredibly high violent crime rate within poor urban areas. The Republicans believe that an armed society is a polite society. Guns in the hands of law abiding citizens decreases the violent crime rate, not to mention the fact that the right to bear arms is a constitutional right, not to be infringed upon by anybody, especially naïve Democrats who have never held a gun in their lives.
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How we can fix the crime issue in Saint Louis
Were you aware that St. Louis has a crime problem? Probably not! It’s easy to forget about our oppressive crime issue when you’re smeared in gooey butter cake and thigh deep in ravioli and provel.
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The Minimum Wage Fiasco
There has been tension between St. Louis City Democrats and the Republican State Legislature for many years. This tension has most recently become apparent as a dispute over minimum wage laws in St. Louis.
Getting murdered in North City
Last week, I made a post which analyzed our most often used excuse when it comes to our place on the “Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities” list. The excuse goes something like this: Our place on this list is inaccurate due to the fact that most of our safe residential neighborhoods aren’t recognized as being part of the city, despite the fact that they are demographically similar and geographically adjacent to the city proper. This skews the numbers negatively. Continue reading “Getting murdered in North City”
Looking at the data: Is St. Louis really that dangerous?
If you have lived in St. Louis for any length of time, you’ll be familiar with the “Top 10 most dangerous Cities” lists that are perennially reported on by the Post Dispatch in their never ending quest to harvest our clicks. It’s always a sure bet that this list will stir up argument in the r/stlouis subreddit, and I’ve read through enough of those threads that I can narrow them down into two main arguments:
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