Comments by "Lepi Doptera" (@lepidoptera9337) on "The Most Miserable City in America" video.

  1. The US rust belt could be revitalized just as nicely as the German Ruhrgebiet has been. All it takes is political will. That, unfortunately, is lacking.
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  2.  @iwillnotcomply5475  Yes, the Democrats are trying to create jobs and the GOP wants corporate welfare. You are absolutely right about that. :-)
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  3.  @alexanderstefanov6474  Countries like Germany are social democracies with capitalist economies. Gosh, they don't even teach you kids definitions these days.
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  4. Location, location, location.
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  5. A lot of small and medium communities have those problems, especially for youth. Adults can deal with the "there is no there there" atmosphere, but to teens it's hell on Earth. They need mental stimulation, which does not exist. I grew up in a small town like that. The boredom was only made bearable because we had good high school teachers who organized weekly intellectual activities for us. Well, in hindsight... maybe they didn't just do it for us. I have a strong suspicion that they did it for themselves, as well.
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  6. This change has been going on for half a century. The problem for the US is that it is not willing to invest in itself.
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  7.  @CoreyKat  Royalists? We have a king?
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  8.  @alexanderstefanov6474  So you know nothing about Germany? So what? So nothing.
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  9.  @alexanderstefanov6474  Hoert sich nicht so an, mein Freund. :-)
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