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Originally Posted by jtown,man
It's insane. My extremely pro-lockdown classmates in my urban planning classes are completely silent on this issue. Why? Well, because they probably don't want to believe their suggestive lockdowns are bad and because they are utterly obsessed with race right now. I have three classes right now and all three have a studio aspect where we are working on "equity" plans. So no time to care about rich people downtown!
However, these silly kids don't realize that at least in Chicago, two wards in the downtown area produce 40% of property tax revenue and that with a plummeting downtown workforce, our CTA and METRA will collapse in the long term.
But hey, PROGRESS!
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^ In Chicago I saw that they are seriously discussing offering free service on the CTA/Metra/Pace over the next few months to spur more people to use transit.
.......except that.........
NOBODY GOES TO THEIR JOBS ANY MORE!!!!
(except in New York, according to JMKeynes, which apparently is doing AMAZING right now, like at 99% capacity!)