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Originally Posted by Manitopiaaa
Because hundreds of billions of dollars annually get disbursed as formula grants based on these arbitrary definitions. The Census doesn't spend millions on this for no reason. It has a major fiscal impact. We just care about it because we like to dick measure our cities, but that's not even its purpose.
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Right, but those billions are dispersed geographically, based on urban-rural designation and core-based statistical areas, to states and muncipalities. Not to MSAs or CSAs as a whole, which very often spread across state lines.