# Cities w/o suburbs: Every metro area in America should have consolidated metro government **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 5, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-w-o-suburbs-every-metro-area-in-america-should-have-consolidated-metro-government/665395 "2013-08-05T14:59:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-w-o-suburbs-every-metro-area-in-america-should-have-consolidated-metro-government/665395/25 "2013-08-05T17:56:18Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Let the consolidated-metro State of Chicagoland deal with all the urban and suburban and exurban problems of that metro area; and let the government of the remainder of Illinois deal with its small-city and small-town and rural problems, no longer using Chicago’s tax base, and no longer spending money or worry on Chicago’s problems either. There are some people in Colorado that like that idea: [Northern Colorado Secession: Most In Favor Of 51st State At First Public Meeting](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/most-in-favor-of-51st-sta_n_3658977.html) > [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > the trend is already swinging towards a revitalization of urban areas, so let’s just stick with what’s working. I’d like to hear more about this (I assume you’re not talking about Detroit, which is all the “urban revitalization” news I’ve heard recently). What areas are being revitalized, how are they measuring success, and what have the results been? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-w-o-suburbs-every-metro-area-in-america-should-have-consolidated-metro-government/665395)._