SOUTH BEND, Ind.—Pete Buttigieg was in high school when he started talking about redrawing traffic patterns to make his city’s troubled downtown more inviting. Even his friends thought that was a bit unusual. “There was a fair amount of teasing: ‘What are you talking about?’ ” recalled James Mueller, a classmate and later a political ally. “He was convinced we could reverse the decline.”By...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 08, 2020 14:48 UTC