There was a Supreme Court Ruling (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapiro_v._Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapiro_v._Thompson) years ago the end result

There was a Supreme Court Ruling (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapiro_v._Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapiro_v._Thompson) years ago the end result of which is that the largest city in an area ends up paying a disproportionate amount of the social benefits costs. Arguably the coastal cities pay a disproportionate share of social welfare program costs for the entire nation. Perverse incentives, small towns can not invest in the future, and just outsource the consequences to larger municipalities.