I forget if it's Austin or Houston or whichever it was. But the metro representative body, handling the local budget, was basically like this:

Main city in the metro area, let's say 2 million people: 2 representatives.

Every other settlement in the metro area, let's say 3 million people: 20 representatives.

Guess why they kept building highways which cut through city neighborhoods?

Edit: found it:

https://www.fairforhouston.com/

Gerrymandering, starting to be undone 60+ decades later.