By Harry Dent Right now, the American dream of owning a home is getting further and further out of reach for much of the middle class. And as this historic real estate bubble grows even larger, middle-class households all over the country …
by Michael Snyder Is it just a coincidence that many of the greatest cities in America became poverty-infested hellholes once the Democrats took charge of things? Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Oakland and Memphis were all once great cities. …
by howmuch Buying a home used to be part of the American dream. It lets you build equity over the years, gives you a significant financial asset, and provides a pride of ownership or investment in the surrounding community. The problem is …
Nearly half of the residents in the nation’s five biggest cities do not speak English at home, choosing instead their native language, according to the latest Census Bureau data that details the impact of a decade of soft immigration policies. …
by howmuch Trump’s tax cut has been in effect for several months now, and the US Congress might in fact make it permanent beyond 2025. Republicans would argue that the tax cut should never be allowed to lapse so that businesses …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruKoN3K_yIM This is why everyone must vote, unless you want to be under the heel of the deep state! SH
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Rents plunge in Chicago, Honolulu, New York, Washington DC, and others, but surge in many markets. Across the US in August, the median asking rent for 1-bedroom apartments rose 2.2% from a year ago, to $1,209. For two-bedroom …
by Michael Snyder America is increasingly becoming a divided nation. Those with money are flocking to the major cities on both coasts, while many of those that don’t are fleeing to rural areas. As a result, economic conditions can look vastly …
via marketwatch: California as a whole has rallied the most from the housing crisis. Among the 20 housing markets that had the biggest rebounds, half are located in California. Other states with cities that experienced major rebounds include those that were …
Baltimore, Milwaukee, Chicago and Cleveland all have been victim to high lead and other toxins in the water. Eddie Conway and Eugene Puryear discuss the frustrations of citizens and the struggles to get clean water in communities of color. h/t …
What do YOU think is the “best” city on earth, in your experience? Today there is so much inequality, so much poverty, and very little chance that this won’t continue to get worse. The root cause of this issue will …
Let me know what city you think prices are WAY too high? (Compared to wages) Look around the U.S. and the rest of the world. Chances are that housing is so unbelievably expensive that the average household is facing an …
by visualcapitalist Throughout most of America, owning a $1 million home gives you definite bragging rights – it means you may have six bedrooms, 5,000 square feet, an infinity pool, and at least a few acres of property. But along the …
via abc.net.au: It’s been a few weeks since Donald Trump fired the opening salvo in a trade war with China, slapping tariffs on a range of Chinese-made goods. Beijing retaliated with tariffs of its own — and since then, the rhetoric …
By Harry Dent There was an update to the rankings of the most desirable cities to live in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report. Colorado Springs sprung into first place for the first time. I’ve been there, and can …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Asking rents spiral down in Chicago & Honolulu, come unglued in Washington DC, drift lower in New York City, but see double-digit surges in Southern California and many less expensive markets. Let’s start with Chicago and …
Doing their best to make the US look like the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela… “Sanctuary City” Despots Attack America…ICE Strikes Back…! Mongrel-Theist Despots release hordes of Criminals onto American Streets… 78 Percent with prior criminal convictions… ICE Strikes Back with …
by visualcapitalist Location, location, location. Rental markets are heating up all over the continent, but there are specific cities that are feeling the brunt of this phenomenon. In places like San Francisco, Brooklyn, San Jose, Seattle, Vancouver, and Denver, city councils …
Here are the 10, as calculated by Truth in Accounting: Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Jose, San Diego, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Phoenix. If you live in deep-blue Chicago, your overall tax burden (including public entities like mass transit authorities and …
Do you think the prices are sustainable? The bubble continues to expand. Look around the world, major cities have one thing in common: Prices are astronomical. In the U.S., Canada and anywhere else it’s allowed, people have been using their …
by Harry Dent of Economy & Markets Many studies focus on whole states for GDP and job growth, but I prefer looking at the cities people actually live in, which can be quite different from other parts of states. That’s where it really …
by John Rubino China’s growth over the past decade has been not just impressive, but historically unprecedented. No single country has ever added this many factories, roads, airports and entire new cities in so short at time. But the transformation …
(CBS Local) – Washington D.C. may be the nation’s capitol, but a new survey is also calling it the “worst-run” city in America. Personal finance website WalletHub has released its rankings for the worst big cities in the country and found …
Would you consider leaving your city or state if it didn’t meet your needs? Taxes too high, bad policies, increased crime, etc. flows.png (890×687) https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/flows.png?itok=2U1t3tRx Population migration: US cities Americans are abandoning https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2018/07/05/cities-americans-abandoning-population-migration/35801453/
The incidents have become a new source of anxiety for U.S. officials working overseas and their families — one that remains shrouded in mystery because of investigators’ inability to say what or who is responsible for the unexplained incidents that …
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via theintercept: THE SECRETS ARE hidden behind fortified walls in cities across the United States, inside towering windowless skyscrapers and fortress-like concrete structures that were built to withstand earthquakes and even nuclear attack. Thousands of people pass by the buildings …
From City Journal: The anarchy and disorder dominating progressive cities across the West Coast recently hit a new low in Seattle. King County officials are looking to roll out a “safe injection van,” a legal venue at which addicts could shoot up …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Dallas-Fort Worth, not San Francisco, is in second red-hottest place. Consumers in Los Angeles are simply not buying the notion that inflation, however benevolently measured by the Consumer Price Index, was “only” 2.8% in May, as …
When you make dumbass laws you end up with workarounds like this. via Bloomberg: Communities in the Golden State are using a loophole and citing financial distress so they can put new taxes on the ballot. Pasadena is exploiting it …