We wanted to know what Minnesotans thinks about ICE's infiltration of their state. So we talked to a retired couple that moved from the exurbs of Minneapolis to the exurbs of Phoenix.
January 24, 2026 at 3:21 AM
We wanted to know what Minnesotans thinks about ICE's infiltration of their state. So we talked to a retired couple that moved from the exurbs of Minneapolis to the exurbs of Phoenix.
You may disagree with some of Trump’s policies (pointless military invasion of your exurbs, no healthcare, routine savage beatings) but at least his peace deals keep falling apart immediately
October 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
You may disagree with some of Trump’s policies (pointless military invasion of your exurbs, no healthcare, routine savage beatings) but at least his peace deals keep falling apart immediately
Honestly if this bill passes as is I don't think we have any good idea of what ''26 is going to look like. Massive red state industries are going to collapse, especially in GOP areas. Rural healthcare is going to be toast and it's going to pull Micropolitan areas under.
June 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
the GOP is essentially destroying the only infrastructure that allows their base to live in rurals and exurbs.
These are like, actual rural areas, we're talking about here, not the "small farming towns" most self IDed rural Americans live in (actually bedroom community exurbs of major metropolitan areas). E.g. The exurbs of Dallas will gain in population over the next 50 years, western Kansas will empty out
June 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
These are like, actual rural areas, we're talking about here, not the "small farming towns" most self IDed rural Americans live in (actually bedroom community exurbs of major metropolitan areas). E.g. The exurbs of Dallas will gain in population over the next 50 years, western Kansas will empty out
We should be building more in cites so people can move there instead of to exurbs. Cities expose you to new things and are an engine for liberalization, exurbs isolate you and breed reactionary tendencies.
July 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We should be building more in cites so people can move there instead of to exurbs. Cities expose you to new things and are an engine for liberalization, exurbs isolate you and breed reactionary tendencies.
If Americans truly prefer a car-dependent lifestyle then why are per square foot housing prices in dense walkable neighborhoods so much higher than in auto-oriented suburbs and exurbs?
I can't tell you how much I hate this glib sentiment. The only way to determine someone's true, enduring preference is to give them full familiarity with their options. Americans have no familiarity with their options! They've only seen sprawl!
March 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
If Americans truly prefer a car-dependent lifestyle then why are per square foot housing prices in dense walkable neighborhoods so much higher than in auto-oriented suburbs and exurbs?
You can say the most vile shit imaginable about the places that produce most of the nation’s GDP where most Americans live but the second you so much as breathe disdain for massively subsidized flyover exurbs You Have Done A No Growth, How Dare You.
You can say the most vile shit imaginable about the places that produce most of the nation’s GDP where most Americans live but the second you so much as breathe disdain for massively subsidized flyover exurbs You Have Done A No Growth, How Dare You.
the "new life awaiting you in the off-world colonies" of blade runner was actually a metaphor for leaving your dense walkable 15-minute city for a house with an underwater mortgage in the exurbs and a 90 minute car commute
March 19, 2026 at 6:49 PM
the "new life awaiting you in the off-world colonies" of blade runner was actually a metaphor for leaving your dense walkable 15-minute city for a house with an underwater mortgage in the exurbs and a 90 minute car commute