City States never left. City-States are alive and well in the 21st Century
Author Archives: Arnold Roquerre
The Crisis of Integration in American Cities
Structural racism does not drive the lack of achievement, so stop lowering standards. Black culture, genetic adaptation and too long a history of cousin marriages is behind most of the gap.
Cities and IQ
The IQ of the residents and a city’s political and government matter. New York City lacks both. New Yorkers and the political elite governing the city are mirror images of each other: mediocre, clueless savages incapable of fixing anything! This is the consequence of accepting Critical Race Theory based on a flawed view of history that has led to decades of institutions abandoning merit, rewarding mediocre performance, and viewing all cultures as equivalent and acceptable. Mamdani epitomizes the result: intellectual mediocrity and urban policies that history has shown to be destructive and counterproductive.
Let NYC Fade Away
It is time to let New York City join the ash heap of other once-great American cities.
Why Cities?
By Arnold Roquerre The City: One of Humanity’s Greatest Creations. There is no single definition that can fully capture what a city is—large or small. Perhaps the closest we come is this: you know when you are in one. A city is not a definition but an experience that overwhelms the individual with processes, people,Continue reading “Why Cities?”
African Cities and Consanguineous Marriages
Effect of descendants of cousin marriage on African cities.
DEI Pundits Ignoring IQ Are Gutting Cities
By Arnold Roquerrr DEI policies ignore the reality that every population has an abundance the not so bright. Placing anyone who fits a racial, ethnic or religious category into positions requiring ability and intelligence undermines the functioningnot complex social and technical systems . Intelligence Matters Many economists, including Garrett Jones, have written on the importanceContinue reading “DEI Pundits Ignoring IQ Are Gutting Cities”
The Social Characteristics of Cities on the Moon and Mars.
Coming 7/1/26
Bad Mayors, & Economic Decline!
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, New York, political leadership has increasingly promoted interventionist policies that place growing strain on urban economies, even as those advancing them remain largely insulated from their effects.
Cities in Denial: The Governance Failures Driving Modern Decline
For more than a century, thinkers have warned that cities cultivate a dangerous detachment from physical limits. Today that detachment wears green and progressive colors—and it is pushing once-great metropolises toward the same cliff that swallowed every previous utopian experiment.