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My opinion:

Both can subsidize each other, but in most U.S. metros the stronger fiscal problem is often suburbs capturing tax base while central cities are more expansive to operate. It depends heavily on the metro’s tax structure.

Suburbs → city: Wealthy suburbs can effectively pull away property-tax revenue and higher-income residents while the central city continues paying for infrastructure and services. This is the tax-base fragmentation problem.

City → suburbs: Cities can also subsidize suburbs through regionally funded infrastructure: airports, transit, universities, hospitals, cultural institutions, freeways, water systems, and employment centers, that suburban residents use without bearing all of the costs.

State/federal transfers: Often blur the picture further. State and federal governments redistribute money among jurisdictions, so the local tax relationship isn’t necessarily the whole fiscal story.

High-cost cities: Homelessness, public transit, emergency services, and concentrated poverty can make the central city substantially more expensive to operate per resident.

Low-density suburbs: Suburbs can also impose higher infrastructure costs per resident because roads, utilities, and public services cover more land and fewer taxpayers.

Typical company “enshittification” progression:

Founder-led → professionally managed/growth-stage → public company → activist/institutional ownership → private-equity owned → heavily leveraged/roll-up PE ownership.

Founder led companies tend to optimize for product quality, reputation, and long-term growth; as they mature, management becomes increasingly focused on revenue and margins; public ownership adds quarterly earnings pressure; activist and institutional investors intensify capital return demands; and PE ownership often adds leverage, cost cutting, management fees, aggressive pricing, and shorter investment horizons.

The progression isn’t inevitable (excellent companies can remain customer-focused under professional or PE ownership) but the further ownership moves from founders toward financial owners with fixed return targets and finite holding periods, the greater the structural incentive to prioritize extraction over long-term product quality.

Morgan Stanley raised its Rivian price target slightly from $13 to $14 but kept an Underweight rating, tying upside mainly to the upcoming R2 lineup.

I’d love to avoid PE contamination in my consumer life, so I can deshittify.

Is there a list/database of companies owned or involved with PE?

“Oh, these stairs!”

“How much time will it take to walk down there?”

“What level are they on? It’s too long to walk all the way up there”

Japan:
Sogō decides → Shima engineers → JNR builds

Spain:
González commits → national railway/infrastructure institutions execute

France:
Central government + SNCF decide → SNCF engineers and executes

California:
Voters authorize → legislature funds partially → governor appoints board → board governs → CEO manages → legislature/federal government periodically fund → multiple agencies approve → local governments participate → contractors execute → project gets re-scoped and partially funded again

A Project Manager would say this project suffers from
governance, scope definition, stakeholder management, risk management, contracting, cost control, and schedule management issues.

What global country would be the closest analog to what the DSA wants if we did everything they want to do? The closest I can think is the economy of Yugoslavia, the parliamentary government of the UK, and the military of Costa Rica.

Abolish the Senate?” the host asked. “True,” Romer replied.

“Replace the presidency and Supreme Court as we now know them?” “Yep.”

“Abolish ICE?” “Absolutely.”

“Abolish borders and give amnesty to anyone currently in the US illegally?” “As a long-term plan, yep.”

“Defund the Pentagon?” “Absolutely.”

“Abolish prisons at least in large part?” “As part of a long-term programme, yep.”

“Government or public ownership of most large corporations?” “Yeah absolutely.”

https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/democratic-socialists-of-america-mamdani-dsa-megan-romer-wpsvwpw87

My Southwest pilot is doing like a tight five and everyone is loving it: “Look we know you don’t care about the flight number anymore. All you care about is that I’m flying you to DC. Congrats for not driving. I’m going to lock myself in this closet up here. It’ll be 2 hours and 47 minutes”

This is after the gate agent called out on the intercom: "Group A, as in apple bottom jeans" and then "Group B, as in boot with the fur"

Where can I find fare projections and projected paying passenger census?

I’m trying to find out when fares will cover infrastructure build and operating costs.