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Decatur Deb1/21/2011 5:43:25 am PST

re: #52 RogueOne

Indianapolis went to a consolidated form of government in the early 70’s that allowed the city to prosper while other large cities in the nation went through the decline of the 70’s/80’s so maybe a state consolidation might not be a bad idea. What states would you suggest we might not actually need?

In the ’60s, my college was looking at regionalization, proposing that there are actually about 11 natural super-states in the country. PA could easily be the focus of OH, PA, NJ, DE, NY. IIRC the biggest change was that the 18th century used rivers as boundaries, when they are actually integrating forces.