Why is it a good balance? All you've done is state that "my idea is good because my idea is good." A better response would be to devolve power to CSA - combin

Why is it a good balance? All you've done is state that "my idea is good because my idea is good." A better response would be to devolve power to CSA - combined statistical areas. These are geographic units defined by economic interactions (measured in part by commuting distances). See, CSA's make sense because they have a rationale based in recent experience. State boundaries from over a century ago do not.