Juneteenth, And Why Animus Toward Cities Persists Today

There's always been a strain of anti-city sentiment in the U.S. As much as I love cities, I wonder if it will ever go away.

The Juneteenth flag. Source: wikipedia.org

Today our nation celebrates Juneteenth, a day to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, enslaved Black Texans were given word that the Emancipation Proclamation, which went into effect on January 1, 1863, was being enforced in Texas, a full 2 ½ years after the Proclamation’s adopt…