Trump takes the GOP hate for cities to a new extreme

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3. I live near, and work in, Tacoma, Washington.

To hear a right-winger talk about my beloved Two-Five-Three, you'd think the only things that exist in Tacoma are gangs and homeless people. Gangs were a serious problem in the 1980's, forty years ago; and the homeless situation in Tacoma is improving all the time, not the least of which reasons is the boom in the construction of low-income and subsidized housing units.

Right-wingers will never talk about Tacoma in terms of its colorful ethnic diversity, and the incredible food and cultural activities associated with it, or our vibrant arts community; opera, theater, symphonic music, dance, painting, etc. They will never talk about the determination of a people hit hard by de-industrialization to build a new community here. We cleaned up an old toxic waste site, and turned it into a civic showpiece of dining, boating, and recreation. Our hard-working people keep the busy and indispensable Port of Tacoma going, bringing in imported goods that will be shipped and trucked all over the nation.

Right-wingers don't want to hear that. They just keep blithering half-wittedly about how the ass-scratchers in East Cornpone are the 'real' Americans.