How America Wins the World with Red (Republican) and Blue (Democratic) States Combo

Comment (edited for clarity): Republican states with limited governments are better for America than Democratic ones which typically like to spend and spend.

My Response: You need both actually. More than 80% of the top 50 universities in America are in democratic cities. And more than 70% of America’s largest cities are democratic cities. The wealth of America is fueled by those universities and big cities.  While a Republican governor can use limited government to declare budget surplus or whatever, a democratic one will build more roads, rail tracks, etc. Wait for 10 years, more companies will migrate to those democratic states. 

There is a reason New York City, Boston, San Francisco, etc have more Fortune 500 companies than any Republican city.  America wins on the pillars built by Democratic cities and also wins on the pillars by Republican cities. Both bring everything and make it the best country in the world. Those have to be celebrated together.

Comment #1: Texas as a state outranks CA and NY. Moreover, the trend line has been in favor of TX for some time. I predict more will leave CA and NY in the coming decade, giving TX an even greater advantage.

Comment #2: While you point out historically true facts, it is no longer the case. Red states are running circles around blue states and have been for ten years now. Harvard and MIT are now competing with many southern universities for the best STEM minds in the world. Georgia Tech is a school you may want to take a look at.

My response to comments::

“Georgia Tech is a school you may want to take a look at.” – you are making my point. GATech is in Atlanta which is generally Democratic. While Georgia state is largely republican, its best university will likely be in a democratic base. Those bonds which many do not like are used to fund the future. In Texas state , a red state, without even checking, I will predict that its best (highest) ranked university will be in a democratic county/area, possibly Austin (University of Texas at Austin)

The interesting thing is that America the beautiful gets those two wins with the blue city feeding knowledge to the red areas which pursue their entrepreneurial capitalism. 

If you remove the policies of blue cities, what makes America great will disappear.  And if you mute the individual liberties of red cities, the can-do attitude which reminds Americans that dictionaries here have no “impossible” will go.

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