Extreme capitalism, that is - untamed and unfettered, I disagree with. It's already destroying the middle class in America - and the DC metro area is the pretty much the only "buffer" left for the middle class, thanks to all of those government/tech/medical jobs (largely funded by the government altogether).
If America didn't rebuild itself during the Great Depression with millions of government-issued jobs (building the interstate roads, and so much more) America would've never recovered and never become the world's #1 superpower after WW2 that required the infrastructure in the first place.
BTW, same here - I don't like too much urbanization. That's why I chose a house in an extremely quiet neighborhood (actually much quieter here than the last house we lived in, that was on a cul-de-sac which felt like a parking lot with like 5-6 cars parking the sides), with a forest preserve right in the back yard - my oldest son loves to go hunting for all kinds of different mushroom species that unexpectedly pop up in the strangest places. There are some small waterfalls on Rock Creek (not too far from the source, that is - not too close to Silver Spring or DC where there's possible sewage leakage into it) and we go swimming in many different spots there. Almost got bitten by a copperhead swimming in the water, a foot from me, though, so now I'm paranoid.
If America didn't rebuild itself during the Great Depression with millions of government-issued jobs (building the interstate roads, and so much more) America would've never recovered and never become the world's #1 superpower after WW2 that required the infrastructure in the first place.
BTW, same here - I don't like too much urbanization. That's why I chose a house in an extremely quiet neighborhood (actually much quieter here than the last house we lived in, that was on a cul-de-sac which felt like a parking lot with like 5-6 cars parking the sides), with a forest preserve right in the back yard - my oldest son loves to go hunting for all kinds of different mushroom species that unexpectedly pop up in the strangest places. There are some small waterfalls on Rock Creek (not too far from the source, that is - not too close to Silver Spring or DC where there's possible sewage leakage into it) and we go swimming in many different spots there. Almost got bitten by a copperhead swimming in the water, a foot from me, though, so now I'm paranoid.