urban-rural divide

Adnan R. Khan: How do you convince rural Americans that the cities are not the anarchy Trump says they are? How do you convince urbanites to engage with rural fears rather than dismiss them?

Tories took the majority of rural seats, but Liberals found their spots

Rob Ford won on a wave of suburban voter discontent, and those voters are still angry—as are people just like them, in cities across Canada

Torontonians derive a bizarre pride from being hated. They write articles and books, and even make movies about it. Toronto embraces the ROC’s loathing so wholeheartedly, it makes you wonder if they’re not the ones who’ve made it up to give themselves another reason to talk about Toronto. If they’re lucky, they’ll even squeeze in a word or two about life in a “world-class city.”

Paul and Kady have an interesting back-and-forth going about the Conservatives’ relationship with the ADQ. I don’t have much to add, but I’ll throw my hat in the ring anyway.