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Joel Kotkin · 19 Oct 2026

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    The decline of certain Los Angeles neighborhoods is caused by the incompetence of large governments rather than the people living in them.

    Their wordsThe problem is not the people of the neighborhoods, but rather the incompetence of our large governments.

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    Focusing on basics and developing a sense of community is more effective than emphasizing partisan politics.

    Their wordsFocusing on basics, and on developing a sense of community, is far more effective than emphasizing partisan politics.

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