Living in the St. Louis area, I can say that this example of Glendale used in the article is awfully strange. Makes me suspicious of other conclusions drawn by the author.

> Glendale, Mo., which is hobbled by the loss of such St. Louis corporate anchors as Anheuser-Busch."

Glendale is a very tiny municipality (1 of 88) in St. Louis county with a population of 5,924 in 2010 and 5,886 in 2017. Over the same time period, median home prices are up from about $340k to $390k. Hardly what I'd call "hobbled."

In fact, St. Louis County as a whole (which doesn't include the city but does include some rather dense urban "suburbs") has remained relatively flat and St. Charles County, the next ring out, has seen steady growth.[0]

[0] https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/census-st-louis-ci...