Comments by "Ike Okereke" (@IkeOkerekeNews) on "City Beautiful" channel.

  1. Because they have the best flag out of all of them.
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  2. @Leto Atreides Is should tell you that the U.S. is not actually obessed with laissez-faire capitalism then.
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  3.  @UzumakiNaruto_  Detroit has been in the process of coming back since a decade ago.
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  4.  @MorphingReality  Aristotle was wrong about many things. I wouldn't be surprised if he was wrong about this one too.
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  5. Craig F. Thompson r/wooosh
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  6. Cringe.
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  7.  @OFfic3R1K  So then why did you generalize the U.S. then?
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  8. Jordan A You are so fucking stupid like Jesus Christ.
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  9. Washington D.C.
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  10. There is so much wrong with your comment.
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  11. 5:37 I think this is the most important point to make. Something that I have recently learned in IR was organizational process model, or the idea that bureaucracies tend to follow standard operating procedures. A lot of the issues of DOTs as mentioned in the video stem from this fact, and a lot of good can be done by changing those SOPs.
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  12.  @rolandtours8404  No, they definitely shouldn't.
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  13.  @uhohhotdog  How is state representation archaic?
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  14.  @nunyabidness3075  The belief that a culture can be individualistic or collectivist is stupid.
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  15. Nope.
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  16. @Smaller On The Outside Oh man, we got a religion-hater over here!
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  17. No it wouldn't.
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  18.  @howiepup  Vancouver isn't paradise.
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  19. Adnan Omeragic All culture is bad. It is like a cult.
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  20. @Evil Component He is talking about the city featured in Phineas and Ferb.
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  21. You forgot the rise again.
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  22.    Except that China has a higher population density than the U.S. And most Russians live in cities, unlike Americans.
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  23. Cringe comment.
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  24.  @FoxBoi69  Also cringe.
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  25.  @unknownPLfan  Nah.
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  26. Except every country does the exact same thing.
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  27.  @KuK137  There was literally no mention of military service. Delete your comment.
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  28. 2:20 Actually, weak mayor systems are actually a form of a mayor-council system. As well, city managers can exist in both mayor-council and council-manager systems, even if the mayor is strong.
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  29.  @uhohhotdog  That makes no sense. States still have a lot of power when compared to the federal government.
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  30.  @uhohhotdog  The reason why we allow direct vote for senators because they weakened the power for the political machines that controlled the parties.
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  31. Not really. They have to build a case against you.
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  32.  @juki0h391  That is a dumb and stupid idea.
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  33. That ended a few years ago, with a agreement between Kansas and Missouri, right?
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  34. That's a oversimplification.
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  35. City Beautiful Really wish mine was.
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  36.  @CityBeautiful  Which constitutions around the world mention cities?
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  37. It's already happening in the U.S.
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  38. Joseph C Ok. Let's fix that.
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  39.    Streetcars had many problems with the weather.
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  40.  @aleekamoskowitz743  Doesn't happen anymore, especially with state laws restricting enimint domain after the Supreme Court case.
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  41.  @thomasgrabkowski8283  There aren't frequent shootouts in US rust belt cities either.
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  42. No.
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  43.  @ocschwar  Because they are all underground?
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  44.  @SuWoopSparrow  "Look at how many declining cities in America double down on their current trajectory rather than expanding and diversifying." Arguably American cities have been doing anything but this.
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  45. HeyDude But yet we are investing in public infrastructure and clean energy. Just because the federal government(currently) isn't doing it doesn't mean that it isn't happening.
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  46. Gazelle Samyueru Corporations are terrible at being governments. Especially because they hit the hardest when the economy downturns.
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  47.  @sammelzeugnis  This is interesting. In the U.S., states can extend federalism to counties, cities, and other municipalities through incorporating home rule into their state constitutions, though most state use something called Dillion's Rule, which is different.
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  48.  @germanogirardelli  What if you are traveling on the highway though?
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  49.  @alx8571  The belief that a culture can be individualistic or collectivist is stupid.
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  50.  @gavinathling  Franchise system is perfectly fine.
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  51. @Omlet2tube Isn't there more natural heritage sites in America that aren't even accessible to cars than the entirely of Europe. So, America always or even mostly ruining its natural heritage is completely false.
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  52. Mardiff V. Irregular towns are just as artificial and boring.
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  53.  @SUpersaiyajinjerkbag  What are you even talking about?
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  54.  @MatthewGraham027  Just goes to show that different countries suffer from different problems and have different circumstances, and that it isn't easy for policies to be replicated between states.
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  55. And hundreds of forgotten villages lost to the sands of time.
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  56. Markus Socius Wrong.
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  57. @FuqLaCAQ I bit biased much?
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  58.  @MikeA15206  This is completely false.
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  59. No it isn't.
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  60. @Patriotis That's stupid.
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  61. I disagree.
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  62. Gazelle Samyueru Wrong.
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  63.  @MorphingReality  True, true.
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  64. @El Dimos Karam Except for the fact that the franchise was pretty restrictive in Athens already.
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  65. But we don't?
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  66.  @AshLilburne  Are you stupid?
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  67.  @sammelzeugnis  Huh. Interesting. Are they given direct power in that Constitution?
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  68.  @luciferangelica  I though the grid plan wasn't going to be a highway?
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  69.  @utterbullspit  Nope. City governments on their own chose to do it.
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  70. I think a world government is more likely to happen than what you described at the end of the video.
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  71.  @Lumberjack_king  Not really.
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  72. Cities never really die.
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  73. Remember that Amazon would have to pay county, state, and federal taxes as well.
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  74. So basically colonies.
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  75. Well, it was because of people that we ended up this way.
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  76. Why? Explain please.
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  77. But why though?
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  78.  @Arlae_Nova  So then more fuel-efficent trucks and SUVs will be built.
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  79. @allocater2 In Europe, only those countries who are apart of the EU, or have trade agreements with the EU, must follow state aid procedures. State aid clause are a common feature of trade deals between soverign states, but not so much between subnational entities within countries. You might be interested in the writing of Ken Thomas: https://www.middleclasspoliticaleconomist.com/2019/08/first-ever-binding-end-to-border-war.html?m=1, and on developing efforts here: https://www.economicliberties.us/our-work/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-interstate-compact-against-corporate-tax-giveaways/
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  80. @Damn Zodiak I don't think grocery stores and walking distances are metrics used to tabulate standards of living.
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  81. Not really, but ok.
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  82.  @benjaminlamptey1867  But would it really be?
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  83.  @LancesArmorStriking  Once again lies.
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  84.  @LancesArmorStriking  Subjective statements without a inkling of fact behind them.
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  85.  @Rynewulf  Source? And comparsions to warzones.
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  86.  @shotelco  It already has become policy in the US.
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  87. Where's your source?
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  88. Do you even know what a monarchy means?
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  89.  @jameschampken770  Most cities around the world has not so great transit systems. Also, other countries outside of the US have car-centric cultures.
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  90. @Friedrich No we don't.
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  91. Promotion and relegation can also help to kill teams.
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  92.  @lambda6564  European sports are very much profit-driven.
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  93.  @comradesillyotter1537  Not really.
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  94.  @fresagrus4490  Evidence that France set up Monaco?
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  95. Centralized government is not the only solution, as seen here: https://www.economicliberties.us/our-work/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-interstate-compact-against-corporate-tax-giveaways/
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  96. Then change it lol.
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  97. But when do most people work? The day?
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  98. They probably do.
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  99. Which we have here in the the U.S., and growing to.
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  100. A better idea would be an interstate compact: https://www.economicliberties.us/our-work/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-interstate-compact-against-corporate-tax-giveaways/
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  101. Ok man.
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  102. Nope.
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  103. All of you guys are idiots.
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  104. Nah.
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  105.  @tstcikhthyss  Really? Are you sure?
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  106.  @tstcikhthyss  Ok.
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  107.  @RealLuckless  Source for your claim?
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  108.  @Juan-hv9bi  Are you Thanos?
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  109.  @shaungordon9737  Nah.
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  110.    People are to blame for this exact thing.
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  111. What?
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  112. This exists globally, you know that right?
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  113. Not really.
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  114. CzarJuliusIII They really don't.
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  115.    Afterlife isn't real.
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  116.    Off-topic. Just shut up, man.
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  117.    My dude. You decide to respond to a months-old comment, not realizing that whatever the issue was was long finished, in your vain attempt to "discredit" my argument. You're one sad, little man.
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  118.    And yet you spend it, responding to someone smarter than you.
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  119.    Use words, idiot.
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  120.  @racecardriverrr4201  Xenophobic.
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  121. 1789 called, Hawaii and Alaska weren't even apart of the US back then.
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  122. But it can make the biggest leaps ahead.
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  123. Your idea would be awful.
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  124.  garyp4205  I can see that.
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  125. Blu Wrong.
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  126. Jimmy Qiu Wrong.
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  127.  @uhohhotdog  What?!
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  128.  @uhohhotdog  Which hasn't been proven at all.
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  129.  @uhohhotdog  A theory can still be wrong.
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  130. RealLuckless Except for toll roads.
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  131. This is an "we don't deal in absolutes" type of an hypocritical statement.
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  132.  Steven Zhou  You can't though.
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  133. Why American suburbs in particular?
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  134.  @TheProcrastinator6  Ok.
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  135.  @KyurekiHana  Not really true anymore.
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  136.  @aryanbhuta3382  But how likely would the latter be? The vast majority of people moving out of places like NYC, have been moving to other urban areas. Even the traditional American suburb is becoming denser going to the future. So I could imagine a world of remote workers in densely-packed urban and suburban centers.
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  137. Craig F. Thompson Not really.
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  138. timmmahhhh Can't you show me yourself?
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  139. @Evan at Home No need to mandate specific architecture styles.
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  140. I disagree. Much of U.S. zoning is already built upon state and national guidelines.
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  141.  @puggzsley  Don't most states operate under some version of Dillion's Rule?
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  142.  @luciferangelica  Here is a video of what the community grid may look like that was recently releashed to the public by NYDOT: https://youtu.be/wDdDmJYym6g.
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  143. Not really, but ok man.
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  144. The current payroll tax rate in the U.S. is 12.4%
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  145.  @Nhkg17  Source?
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  146.  @Nhkg17  I mean like direct evidence, such as a government website.
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  147.  @EugeneAyindolmah  Why? I find the idea perfectly fine.
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  148.  @shauncameron8390  No.
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  149.  @shauncameron8390  No.
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  150.  @shotelco  All of your points can be proven false and here's why.
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  151.  @STho205  It may be better to just grant those cities more power to do their thing.
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  152. In my city there are several corner shops.
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  153.  @BKIslandersfan  Ok then. What is it then?
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  154. Hoax time traveler.
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  155. Who lobbied the government for this?
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  156. Journal Wright We are maintaining our infrastructure.
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  157. Muhammad Ahmed Source?
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  158. Journal Wright People are moving back into the cities, so highways are coming down and new plans for transit systems are being drafted up.
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  159.  @journalism101  Unlike every other country?
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  160.  @journalism101  Britain, France, Canda, The countries within the EU and African Union, Asian and Latin American countries. Pretty much everyone.
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  161. Yeah I'm not sure centralization vs. decentralization is really the issue here.
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  162.  @xdeser2949  Even in CA.
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  163. I mean the episode clearly shows that the US had a far more regimented and micromanaged zoning system far before the era you describe in your comment.
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  164. That's pretty bad.
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  165.    Again no problem here.
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  166.  @uhohhotdog  No.
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  167. DOT's also handle trains.
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  168.  aljanat5  You are an idiot.
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  169.    No they really don't
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  170.  @thomasgrabkowski8283  Based upon state and national frameworks.
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  171.  @nomadMik  What?
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  172.  @tjmarx  Much of the world operate local governments very differently for each other.
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  173.  @shotelco  What a stupid and vindictive comment. CityBeautiful does have a place and a future here, sadly you are too blind to see it.
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  174.  @shotelco  And yet, new infrastructure projects like the California High Speed Rail project continue to be build. Cities like Austin, Minneapolis, etc. have eliminated single-family housing, allowing for more affordable housing and denser communities to be built. Cities like Portland, Seattle, NYC, have opened miles of there cities to pedestrians and cyclists, banning the car. And these infrastructure booms are being replicated across the country, every single day. You don't deal in "facts" at all.
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  175.  @리주민  Interstate highways were primarily funded by federal dollars, but primarily built and administered by state governments. However, states must follow strict guidelines to access that funding.
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  176. Evidence?
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  177.  @LucarioBoricua  Not really.
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  178. Cringe.
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  179. Has Ontario's provincial consolidation been implemented across Canada?
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  180.  @EugeneAyindolmah  No.
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  181.  @STho205  I mean within their own states though.
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  182.  @BKIslandersfan  Ok then. Did I already make that same argument?
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  183. Not really.
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