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Originally Posted by Liberty Wellsian
I'm super jealous of the whole City and County of Denver thing. 13 of the 26 largest cities in Utah are in Salt Lake County. Every city has it's own plan for a "Downtown". They all compete for sales tax revenue(the municipality gets a share). It has its upsides but I would trade our political borders tomorrow for something more like what Denver has. That annexation in the fifties probably helped Denver more than most realize.
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Same with Phoenix. (Most) all of the metro area is within one county - Maricopa. As for annexation comparison, Phoenix has been more interested in extending their boundaries at the expense of supporting their core city area. It's why the most impressive urbanization is occurring in Scottsdale and Tempe. Finally, there is good growth in new residential downtown but they're decades behind.