The 'doom loop' hammering Middle America
"The collapse of the Midwest is really the story of, 'As soon as the job went away, I got the hell out of this shitty town,'" Hicks said.
"The pandemic is a huge disruption that has produced some real paradigm shifts, but the vast majority of what it's done is just drastically accelerate existing trends," she said.If Midwestern cities have any hope of reversing this downward spiral, experts told me, then leaders will need to prioritize people over business.
In order to draw in new residents, Hicks told me, there are two big things that need to be addressed: adequate housing and services. Downtowns should create an environment that attracts people, and that will in turn draw in employers and boost the economy. Hicks and Weinstein wrote inthat the Midwest's history of embracing loose regulations and tax incentives for businesses have hurt the provision of services that would attract people to live in downtowns.
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