One reason cities die, though, is because they stop growing; suburbs
become politically autonomous units with no incentive to contribute to
the fiscal well-being of the central city.
I am not sure the issue of suburbanization and the decline of older
cities is really applicable to the Virginia situation, give or take
Richmond.
Kirk Johnson
Serials Manager
Prince William Public Library System
13083 Chinn Park Drive
Prince William, VA 22192-5073
(703) 792-4883
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] 06150018Z13 Re: Why does Virginia, alone among
states, require that its cities be discrete municipal entities from its
counties (aka Independent Cities)?
An easier way to put this is that people vote with their feet. Mr.
Waddell needs to recognize that people are always looking for greener
pastures. When an urban environment become untenuous, people move
elsewhere. The question he needs to ask is why urban environments become
unattractive for its inhabitants. Some cities grow, some die. Keeping
them alive on life support is not sustainable. Some are able to
ressurect, some blow away with the dust. The American landscape is
littered with ghost towns.
Craig Kilby
On Jun 14, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Walter Waddell wrote:
> "The entire system is responsible for many of Virginia woes, since
> counties have no responsibility for the 20th-century issues that
> confront a neighboring city (urban poor, local transportation,
> crumbling school systems etc)."
> -------------------------------------
> There are many other factors such as administration and economic
structural re-formation that add much more complexity to the the
"20th-century issues" than the statement indicts.
> "Austerity is a consequence; not a punishment." - John Maudlin
>
> Very Respectfully,
> Ray
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