Comment by datsci_est_2015

Services that PE has ruined in my city by rent-seeking:

  - Veterinary services
  - Dental services
  - Optometry services
  - Urgent care services

I go out of my (sometimes significantly) to go to non-PE owned companies and services, and the experience is so much better it's like experiencing an entirely different quality of life. My 2¢ is that a decent chunk of the "dissolution of the social contract" in the US is due to the way that people are treated when they interact with these soulless entities.