The president-elect?s proposals lay the groundwork for a few key battles A sea of red, with scattered drops of blue: The post-mortem political map of the United States, a staple of elections for decades, took on new relevance this year with the unexpected results of the 2016 election. The varied storylines explaining Trump?s ascendence read like a word cloud of American anxiety: job losses, immigration, fake news, Russian interference. Of course, one of the most discussed, and potentially long-reaching, explanations has to do with a persistent urban/rural divide.
As Curbed looks back on 2016 and peers forward into the next calendar year, we?ve earmarked one major storyline that intersects with our coverage of real estate, development, cities, and infrastructure. Coming out of the election, how will U.S. cities respond and react to the Trump administration, and vice-versa" Trump is a creature of New York City and rose to fame as a big-city developer, but the billionaire ensconced in a high-rise bearing his name sometimes seems to have a transactional love of the urban landscape, viewing it less as a vital, vibrant place, but more as a space to make deals and amass wealth. Below, a rundown of some of the issues and battle lines, what?s at stake, and an assessment of how these political battles may play out.
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Ben Carson at a Nov. 1 Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania

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