Inner Cities
Joel Kotkin’s comments on the dead city cores such as St. Louis and Detroit smell like racism (Opinion, Dec. 19). He seems to imply only poor and stupid folks would ever want to live in these cities. This coming from someone who works in Malibu. Who made these places unappealing? The rich and powerful, that’s who. Industries ignore these cities in favor of going overseas for cheap labor. Why? Racism. It’s still with us and is currently being endorsed in The Times.
I can remember when working and living in the Mission District of San Francisco was not a popular idea. Now you can’t keep the yuppies out. Kotkin’s ideas are bogus and outmoded.
PS: It’s not Jackson Hole, Wyo. but Jackson, Wyo. Jackson Hole is the geological region in which Jackson is located.
JOHN S. KRILL
San Juan Capistrano
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