I'm not going to lie... I have some "issues" with capital cities.
And I also have at least the appearance of hypocrisy on the issue...
Favorite city in Texas? Austin. (with Dallas, San Antonio, Lubbock, and Corpus Christi as runners-up)
Favorite city in the United States? Well, it's *not* Washington, D.C. But I like D.C. A lot. So much fun, so much to see and do. And for "free," at that!
But I hate myself for loving Austin and D.C. so much...
"Why?" you may ask...
Not for what they have (i.e. to offer), but for what they take.
And it's nothing against Austin or D.C., specifically; my issue is with capital cities, in general.
They look the same, more or less, around the globe:
Plenty of ("free!") bread and circuses to entertain, confuse, and distract the citizens.
Plenty of pretty things to look at (art, statues, etc).
But look *around* them. Ceteris paribus, the farther you travel from a capital city, the more poverty you will likely (i.e. almost certainly) see.
Obviously, this _____ is more pronounced in _______
But you will also see (in some, you must look closely) poverty in capital cities (i.e. _____, _____, and D.C.).
References:
- Gene Healy (2011:Oct.25). "Life Is Good in the Capital of Crony Capitalism," Cato.
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