I believe this is relevant to your interests https://www.niskanencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Wilkinson-Density-Divide-Final.pdf …
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Was just thinking of this —
@willwilkinson’s work is great
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Cities historically grow around trade, so are inherently multicultural. They grow by immigration, same consequence. Urban values are cosmopolitan and cities select for people with those kinds of values.
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- greater concentration of blue professions (tech, media, nonprofits, etc) - greater proportion of young people - greater proportion of non- white people
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I think the denser the population, the more it makes sense to invest in public goods (or even the more necessary it becomes). You also have more contact with people in similar circumstances, which means more opportunities to compare notes, which probably spurs collective action.
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Related-but-not-identical to the above https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectorate_theory …
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Judging from the movies... small town Midwest kid moves to the city to live that glam lifestyle. Realized parents are idiots and the city is virtuous.
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Bear in mind the direction of causality: cities go cosmopolitan, blue chases cities, so blue goes cosmopolitan
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Greater abstraction of function along with weaker community/family ties leads to greater reliance on institutions. Greater freedom, more entertainment options, and greater variety of perspectives ennoble openness and moral ambiguity. Jefferson saw such effects and hated cities.
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