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IMO a lot of people still underestimate the effects of regressive, petty GOP state governance on young professional people's desire to move to Red states. https://twitter.com/capittalism/status/1354798894778089475
they might not be able to draw you the straight line but the result of these regimes (anti-abortion laws, state governments usurping local control, unfair tax schemes that prey on cities, lack of LGBTQ protections) is an environment that pushes these people away, PR be damned
yes, it is exhausting to live in a state that is constantly trying to unravel the good things about living in your city. https://twitter.com/creid815/status/1354803434445131778?s=20
Pass a transit referendum? Ok we'll create impossible funding requirements we can punish you for not meeting to stop the build-out. Make small progress on criminal justice reform? We'll restrict bail charities & take away your ability to oversee the cops. https://twitter.com/nickhasthoughts/status/1354804142078791681?s=20
Yes also this, I ran out of characters. https://twitter.com/cResources/status/1354803747369570306?s=20
This is the whole ballgame right here. Regardless of how progressive the populous of Indianapolis gets (and it's getting pretty damn blue) we can only do what the state lets us do. Which isn't very much it turns out! That's why we can't be Austin. https://twitter.com/mbradle3/status/1354806118157934598?s=20
I don't know what the solution is, because without the state power to rewrite the rules the GOP has no incentive to give us control. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. But cities like Indianapolis will never harness their potential without it.
Not sure it would make a difference but having a mayor whose gubernatorial ambitions didn't prevent them from taking on the state with a full head of steam would be one way to start. Maybe Joe has done this, I'm not sure..
*sees person get fired for getting COVID*
wHy dOn'T pEoPLe WaNt To MoVe hErE?! https://twitter.com/jordanupdike/status/1354811830829412354?s=20
wHy dOn'T pEoPLe WaNt To MoVe hErE?! https://twitter.com/jordanupdike/status/1354811830829412354?s=20
