But just to clarify: nobody should be prevented from entering or leaving the city. People should definitely be able to move away if they don't like it.
In a more general sense, though, I do feel like the interests of various places tend to divide fairly neatly based on population density, and I think it'd make sense to draw sharp political lines between high-density urban areas, low-density rural areas, and maybe even moderate-density suburban and large-town type areas. All of these places have different needs and political interests, and there should be a way to balance those, and actively protect them from each other.
In the end, most of that could be accomplished by simply de-federalizing and re-localizing most things. But of course, the densely populated urbs are the *most* opposed to that sort of thing...
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But just to clarify: nobody should be prevented from entering or leaving the city. People should definitely be able to move away if they don't like it.
In a more general sense, though, I do feel like the interests of various places tend to divide fairly neatly based on population density, and I think it'd make sense to draw sharp political lines between high-density urban areas, low-density rural areas, and maybe even moderate-density suburban and large-town type areas. All of these places have different needs and political interests, and there should be a way to balance those, and actively protect them from each other.
In the end, most of that could be accomplished by simply de-federalizing and re-localizing most things. But of course, the densely populated urbs are the *most* opposed to that sort of thing...