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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ 26 May 2017

    Small towns have replaced inner cities as America’s socioeconomic basket caseshttp://on.wsj.com/2qnOeSf 

    9:46 AM - 26 May 2017
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    34 replies 224 retweets 241 likes
      1. Wilkine Brutus‏ @wilkinebrutus 26 May 2017
        Replying to @WSJ

        Oh, will America finally talk issues with institutions & structural inequality instead of black cultural pathology and "more policing"?

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      2. Phillip Menashe MD‏ @pimenashe 26 May 2017
        Replying to @WSJ

        Last time I checked very urban Seattle was being overrun by the homeless. Tent cities everywhere! Now that's a basket case!

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      1. StopRussia‏ @Resistanceee56 26 May 2017
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        StopRussia Retweeted Portia McGonagal

        https://twitter.com/portiamcgonagal/status/868205219951149056 …

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        Portia McGonagal @PortiaMcGonagal
        How many years did rural America "the heartland" tell inner cities they were responsible for their own conditions? https://www.wsj.com/articles/rural-america-is-the-new-inner-city-1495817008 …
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      1. Cody Bye‏ @codybye 26 May 2017
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        As a small town person, this is 100% the case.

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      1. AJ Cabral‏ @CrusadingTool 26 May 2017
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        Ah yeah, because farm kids having bonfires is as insane as city kids shooting eachother over the colors they wear #basketcase

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      1. Gus  💈‏ @GusZernial 27 May 2017
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        1st chart: Births to teen women. Where's the chart on abortions? #plannedparenthood #notnews

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      1. JessWonderin‏ @LorenzoQ 26 May 2017
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        Small towns offer limited education and job opportunities.. common for centuries.. now with decreasing gvt aid and ed cuts fewer can get out

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      1. Al...‏ @Al_TheQyetStorm 26 May 2017
        Replying to @WSJ

        🤔 the title of this article seems very "Wall Street-ish" to me... "Socioeconomic Basket Cases?" REALLY? 💩💩👎👎😾😾

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      1. Alfred‏ @fig3307 26 May 2017
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        Higher education has become so expensive. The Republicans in state and federal governments have reduced or eliminated subsidies. @POTUS

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      1. 自棄酒‏ @splotchypompano 26 May 2017
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        Can't wait to hear rappers spit some flame about rural america.

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      1. Jay Dub‏ @JohnDub62 27 May 2017
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        I don't know why the fuk anyone still reads this rag.

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      1. Armored Chocobo‏ @ArmoredChocobo 27 May 2017
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        Hell, I coulda told you that.

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      1. Aretha  🙌🏿‏ @fafa019 27 May 2017
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        the BASKET CASE is the richest country in the world that would allow this to happen.

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      1. FranD‏ @Frandow68 26 May 2017
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        1968 Martin L King Poor Peoples Campaign could have helped to solved this problem. The boat holds all.

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      1. ICERaid‏ @OverOnTheRight 26 May 2017
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        .@WSJ This is what happens when you hand out Obama phones & prepaid debit cards at the expense of taxpayers, many of which from rural areas.

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      1.  🇺🇸 GOP NEWS - ME GOP‏ @KingKrankor 26 May 2017
        Replying to @WSJ

        Your writing this way is completely wrong and off base. I can see why you don;t know why trump won. UTTERLY CLUELESS about middle America.

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      1. John Hauser‏ @JohnHauser2 26 May 2017
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        Urban sprawl and ghetto expansion.

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      1. Pretty Much Anything‏ @onevoicebutmine 26 May 2017
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        That's why i risked it all n left years ago

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