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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