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Originally Posted by pj3000
A problem in the rustbelt is that many of the old municipalities that surround the core city are in as bad or worse economic and physical shape than the core city is. The city doesn't need the added strain.
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I remember a quote from a Chicago alderman decades ago that was something to the effect of
"If we're gonna annex Cicero and Berywn (more blue collar inner burbs), then I also want Evanston and Oak Park (more white collar inner burbs) to offset them".