{"id":18361,"date":"2021-08-03T06:55:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T13:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=18361"},"modified":"2021-08-03T06:55:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T13:55:48","slug":"overnight-news-everything-ants-ever-wanted-in-cities-was-put-there-by-ants-how-hard-do-you-think-that-stuff-is-to-move-to-the-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18361\/overnight-news-everything-ants-ever-wanted-in-cities-was-put-there-by-ants-how-hard-do-you-think-that-stuff-is-to-move-to-the-suburbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: Everything Ants ever wanted in cities was put there by Ants. How hard do you think that stuff is to move to the\u00a0suburbs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_16586\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ya think it's easy?\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cCity dogs are hostages. Every dog deserves a yard \u2013 and another\u00a0dog.\u201d<\/p><\/div>City dirt was waning, anyway, before the pandemic. With every Uber ride, every Door-Dash delivery, the commercial corner was losing value \u2013 along with the car dealership sitting on it. The virus rushed this transition, but suburban car-culture was being replaced by suburban delivery-van culture, regardless.<\/p>\n<p>But the riot-borne exodus that no one can talk about so no one can document will have affected commercial corridors and inner-city neighborhood market centers worst. As we have discussed, people fled from spaces that are easy for rioters to get to: Neighborhoods accessible on foot or by public transportation.<\/p>\n<p>So, arguably, commercial dirt already suffering a slow and steady leak has now been abandoned by the half of the traffic that had money to spend.<\/p>\n<p>Fear hides in silence and shadows: Drop you keys in an empty mall to figure out why you&#8217;re never going back. Empty streets invite predators \u2013 who keep the streets emptied. Once-active city streets are now home only to the homeless \u2013 who will do their own part to keep offices emptied.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s actually left? Live performances and restaurant meals? And you were planning to go to those <em>by bus&#8230;?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Ants in the suburbs will have all they ever wanted of the city, and the city will have the Grasshoppers it foolishly put first.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>In other news:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CNBC:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/08\/02\/some-states-will-continue-to-ban-evictions-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Despite national protection expiring, some states will continue banning evictions.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Federalist:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/08\/03\/crime-is-spiking-in-u-s-cities-because-democrats-literally-asked-for-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crime Is Spiking In U.S. Cities Because Democrats Literally Asked For It.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Daily Wire:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-9-of-the-10-worst-cities-for-first-time-home-buyers-are-in-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Report: 9 Of The 10 Worst Cities For First-Time Home Buyers Are In California.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>City Journal:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/convention-centers-hosting-mostly-debt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hosting Mostly Debt: Cities have borrowed billions to build convention facilities, an industry with a cloudy future.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Karol Markowicz:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/01\/masking-kids-and-closing-schools-is-irrational-child-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Masking kids and closing schools is irrational, unscientific child abuse.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christopher Bedford:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/08\/03\/masks-and-crt-are-just-the-start-its-time-to-break-the-public-schools-heres-how\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Masks And CRT Are Just The Start: It\u2019s Time To Break The Public Schools (And Here\u2019s How).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joy Pullman:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/08\/03\/a-guide-to-long-term-strategic-thinking-for-parents-who-oppose-crt-in-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Guide To Long-Term Strategic Thinking For Parents Who Oppose CRT In Schools.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCity dogs are hostages. Every dog deserves a yard \u2013 and another\u00a0dog.\u201dCity dirt was waning, anyway, before the pandemic. With every Uber ride, every Door-Dash delivery, the commercial corner was losing value \u2013 along with the car dealership sitting on it. The virus rushed this transition, but suburban car-culture was being replaced by suburban delivery-van [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,26,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-lending","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18257,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18257\/overnight-news-ants-are-to-have-been-devoured-by-grasshoppers-no-ants-are-to-have-been-vaporized-by-nukes\/","url_meta":{"origin":18361,"position":0},"title":"Overnight News: Ants are to have been devoured by Grasshoppers? 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Beginning with the Tea Party, all of Trumpism is a slave rebellion by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Group Therapy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ya think it's easy?","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18221,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18221\/overnight-news-the-office-building-of-the-future-is-suburban-low-rise-gated-guarded-video-monitored-and-patrolled\/","url_meta":{"origin":18361,"position":2},"title":"Overnight News: The office building of the future is suburban, low-rise, gated, guarded, video-monitored and\u00a0patrolled.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"If you pursue the comments on Pedro Robinson's article, linked below, you'll see me prophesying on every rooted thing. 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Gun sales are slowing, so that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Group Therapy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ya think it's easy?","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18043,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18043\/overnight-news-if-you-cannot-possibly-admit-that-the-ants-are-fleeing-the-grasshoppers-what-do-you-call-the-last-year-the-great-reshuffling\/","url_meta":{"origin":18361,"position":3},"title":"Overnight News: If you cannot possibly admit that the Ants are fleeing the Grasshoppers, what do you call the last year? \u201cThe Great Reshuffling\u201d","author":"Greg Swann","date":"April 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"What's \"The Great Reshuffling\"? 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