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The Maryland Prelude to the urban rural divide

  • 1.  The Maryland Prelude to the urban rural divide

    Posted 11-28-2016 05:24 PM

    In 2014 Maryland Governor O'Malley's Lieutenant Governor, an insider, was anointed to become his successor but lost the bid in an upset by a Republican outsider. A stunning result in a blue state like Maryland. 

    In 2015 Baltimore experienced a widespread disturbance that rattled the city. The Governor called it a riot and sent the National Guard. The Black Lives Matter movement called it an uprising.

    The Growing Divide Between Rural and Urban America (June 2012)


    There appears to be an ever growing divide between rural America and urban America. Rural America is populist and deep red, urban America is elitist and blue. Rural America is about property rights and urban America about socialism. Or so we are told. This troubling image of the country permeates deep into state and local politics.

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    A 2012 Prelude to the Divide Between Rural and Urban America

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    A 2012 Prelude to the Divide Between Rural and Urban America
    I wrote the below article for this blog in June 2012, four years ago in the last presidential election cycle. Back then the Maryland Gove...
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    Klaus Philipsen FAIA
    Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
    Baltimore MD
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