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Re:Why American cities are broke (2021) [video] by danaris on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @06:06PM (#32502323)
But my point is: Why not?

I have yet to see anything that points to them being fundamentally worse than towns: if you just treat them as Towns Next To Cities, it seems like you solve the vast majority of the problems.

Re:Why American cities are broke (2021) [video] by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday August 18, 2022 @10:28AM (#32510140)
Because right now most don't and instead become cancerous growths on a city rather than their own financially independent communities. Where I live the suburbs aren't their own towns and that's where the problem is.