I've often wondered if we wouldn't be better served as a country by having separate city-states, in addition to states - not unlike greater Germany during the HRE.
You'd still have your current states, rednecky or not as they may be without their major urban centers, and then city-states, representing each major contiguous urban area, each with their own city-state government, as well as national representation, including House and Senate Members. So in addition to 50 states, you'd likely get about 40-60 major city-state members:
-Puget Sound
-Columbia-Willamette Confluence
-Bay Area
-Coastal SoCal
-The Inland Empire
-Greater Phoenix
-Sonoran Metro
-Front Range Metro
-Chicagwaukee
-Detroishtenaw
-Coldaytinatti
-Cleveakroledo
-Triangle Cities
....and so on.
The other advantage is you could have the laws and legislation cities care about: firearms control; universal healthcare, social safety nets, public housing, objective public education, and still have the laws and legislation rural areas care about, basically none-of-that.
The only trick would be ensuring/preserving federal lands from further exploitation, and ensuring equitable access to those lands.
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322I'd be fine if it were just a sleeveless shirt mandate.
We're headed for social anarchy when people start pissing on bookstores.
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323Anything to divide us further.Anthony Flack wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 2:59 pm I did notice much focused attention being put into the matter of whether cereal is a soup at this pivotal moment in world history.
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324Don't forget the cultural backwater of Alabousianissippi.Geiginni wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 3:31 pm I've often wondered if we wouldn't be better served as a country by having separate city-states, in addition to states - not unlike greater Germany during the HRE.
You'd still have your current states, rednecky or not as they may be without their major urban centers, and then city-states, representing each major contiguous urban area, each with their own city-state government, as well as national representation, including House and Senate Members. So in addition to 50 states, you'd likely get about 40-60 major city-state members:
-Puget Sound
-Columbia-Willamette Confluence
-Bay Area
-Coastal SoCal
-The Inland Empire
-Greater Phoenix
-Sonoran Metro
-Front Range Metro
-Chicagwaukee
-Detroishtenaw
-Coldaytinatti
-Cleveakroledo
-Triangle Cities
....and so on.
The other advantage is you could have the laws and legislation cities care about: firearms control; universal healthcare, social safety nets, public housing, objective public education, and still have the laws and legislation rural areas care about, basically none-of-that.
The only trick would be ensuring/preserving federal lands from further exploitation, and ensuring equitable access to those lands.
We're headed for social anarchy when people start pissing on bookstores.
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325FYPenframed wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 4:01 pmAnything to confuse us further.Anthony Flack wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 2:59 pm I did notice much focused attention being put into the matter of whether cereal is a soup at this pivotal moment in world history.
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326I'm confused by this. Would there be such a city-state?
I can maybe see NOLA on its own. I don't know if there are any major metro areas outside of Hotlanta that could be given city-state status.
Texas for sure though. Between the city states of DFW, Greater Houston and San Austin - there wouldn't be that much left of Texas population-wise.
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327I guess Alabousianissippi would be Baton Rouge/NOLA/Biloxi/Mobile?
Not really thinking those cities should be grouped together, though.
jason (he/him/his) from volo (illinois)
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328I misunderstood the rules. Alabousianissippi was basically the non-NOLA territory ruled by the bible, fried foods, and Don Jr.
We're headed for social anarchy when people start pissing on bookstores.
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329This city state business would only worsen inequalities and damn those of us not fortunate enough to live in these cities, all of which would not be liberal havens anyway. And are we clumping cities together? So they'd be regional states except for the parts that can grow food? Will they be connected by sky cables or do they anex strips the highways? Should probably build some walls while at it.
Democratizing the senate would be more efficient, if only a slightly more realistic. Ditto for fixing gerrymandering. All boring, less interesting premises for the movies or table top game adaptation.
Democratizing the senate would be more efficient, if only a slightly more realistic. Ditto for fixing gerrymandering. All boring, less interesting premises for the movies or table top game adaptation.
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330Vlad, in Moscow: now watch this, I'm going to make them argue about whether cereal is soup, hahaenframed wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 4:01 pmAnything to divide us further.Anthony Flack wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 2:59 pm I did notice much focused attention being put into the matter of whether cereal is a soup at this pivotal moment in world history.
And soon enough: biggest cracks in the western alliance since the Blue Dress controversy