Here is an example. The population of Colorado is largely urban. Virtually everyone lives along the Front Range. Geographically, the state is largely rural. The Denver metro area controls the state. State and federal highway money already primarily goes where the Denver area wants it to go: highways in their area and along the routes to the ski resorts. Without highways, the rural eastern and western parts of the state will cease to exist. It is a positive feedback cycle. Low population density leads to lack of representation which leads to lack of investment which leads to fewer jobs which leads to lower population density …
I also disagree with your claim that the Connecticut compromise was all about slavery. It was about small states versus large. One problem, for example, with the Articles of Confederation was the treatment of New Jersey. PA and NY controlled the ports. It was in their interest to raise costs for New Jersey. New Jersey was screwed, and could do nothing about it. The Senate helped prevent that.
That’s the crux of the matter. ascenray considers himself a citizen of the USA first , and and a citizen of his state second. It was the other way around for the founders.
