pretending that 1 dollar in LA and NYC= 1 dollar in Portland Maine is insane.
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Replying to @enlightdark @380kmh
This is true, but being able to carry dollars from NYC to Portland, Maine and still use them is super nice
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Replying to @garrettlgray @enlightdark
yeah and fuck the people of Portland if that convenience consigns them to permanent stagnation amirite
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Replying to @garrettlgray @enlightdark
because the dollar provides economic feedback from the *entire* US economy, which = mostly the NYC/LA/etc economy
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if Portland's economy isn't in lockstep with those--exporting when they export, etc--it'll suffer
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give any currency union a long enough time period and only one city in it will remain competitive
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this wiped out regional economies in European nations--why Paris, London, etc dominate their countries
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we are now seeing the same thing play out in the USA--one city after another slips into terminal stagnation
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probably DC if I were to bet on it
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