Agreed. I'd admit to having developed my own biases, but remain dubious of holding convictions on anything outside of the hard sciences. There's just too many ifs ands or buts in the social sciences to be able to say "this is the absolute truth."Socities certainly go though ebbs and flows. The pendulum usually swings back towards center. Bottom line is I hope the major cities find their stride again in hopes it will alleviates some of the pressures elsewhere. I certainly understand your comment on studying economics and it sounds like you’ve developed your own set of opinions from a base knowledge of reading and trying to understand many perspectives much like myself. We can agree to disagree on some points.