Why is there some much division in the U.S.?
Urban vs rural? Elitist's vs egalitarian's? Liberals vs conservatives? Republicans vs Democrat's? Rich vs poor?
What would happen if the states cut out cities about 100,000 in population forming new separate counties?
Would it create better representation for bot urban and rural residence or only favor one?
Would it just cause more division in a country already divided?
Would it have any impact at all?
Examples:
Separating Cleveland from Cuyahoga county.
Cuyahoga county population: 1,235,000
Cleveland population: 385,282
Cleveland population percentage of Cuyahoga county: 31%
Houston population: 2,310,000
Harris County population: 4,713,000
Houston population percentage of Harris County: 49%
My final question. Are cities getting too large and powerful?
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It could cut both ways. The then more-rural counties would be cut off from the tax-base of the urban core.
And your thought experiment basically already exists in Virginia which has many cities that aren’t part of their surrounding counties.
Also, the are cities that are either in several counties or made up of several counties, New York City for instance.