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I'm thinking more in terms of both metropolitan commuter rail and inter-city high speed rail.
It's more of an ideal. Regionalism only works if everyone is working for the same thing. Frisco, which had a couple thousand or so residents before growing into a megasuburb, did what was right for Frisco. We'll see how that works after per-mile gas taxation changes the economy of sprawl forever, along with the expansion of toll roads.
It doesn't work in DFW. It's every suburb for himself.
The opposite is actually happening here in the Baton Rouge area. A few years ago a middle class area called Central which has a very typical suburban feel seceded from the city of Baton Rouge and now another wealthy suburban area called St George is trying to secede from the city. The rationale is why should these residents be subsidizing the ghetto areas and why should they pay higher taxes just to support the city school system when they can have their own school system where all their taxes go to it now.
Now most of Baton Rouge feels suburban even in the city limits but many middle class or upper class communities don't want to subsidize the inner city, and they shouldn't have to.
Good luck with that. If anything, we see the opposite today: unincorporated areas near central cities (where these exist) incorporating, in part, to prevent being annexed by the central city.
Yes, a current example is the eastern suburbs of Atlanta, GA. They've proposed combining together and form a new incorporated city.
I think it's a great idea, especially in places like MIA, and LA there's no point to have standalone communities all surrounded by a much larger city, or even accompany the adjacent cities mailing address.
I think this may solve some of the planning issues that many cities face at the moment.
It's difficult to accomplish something big if there's so many different authorities that all want something different. It's makes you realize how divided we are.
It makes you realize just how awesome cities are, with all the many divisions that we face, cities with millions of people continue to function in a small area, with more productivity that many states, and countries can't even compete with.
Some suburbs resent the idea of giving up their identity to get sucked into the larger whole. Sure, cities can have neighborhoods with distinct identities, but a municipal government just gives a place more control over its services, infrastructure, schools, zoning, etc.
Some suburbs resent the idea of giving up their identity to get sucked into the larger whole. Sure, cities can have neighborhoods with distinct identities, but a municipal government just gives a place more control over its services, infrastructure, schools, zoning, etc.
That and a lot of towns surrounding say Boston have their own proud History and culture as well.
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