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		rm_-rf_slash on May 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Developing Palo Alto is worth $1T NYC used to be a zillion municipalities that grew into 5 boroughs over time. The only way you could swing that kind of government heft is to reincorporate the Bay Area into a similarly singular entity. Otherwise, as is now, all problems in the Bay are the fault and responsibility of the next city over.

autoexecbat on May 9, 2024 [–]

> reincorporate the Bay Area into a similarly singular entity.

I really wish this would happen, the city boundaries are so small and arbitary

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