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My God! This is the most American comment, sorry. Those poor souls living in cities. I read somewhere that Austin (or another place in Texas), despite being th
by oblio 3y ago
My God! This is the most American comment, sorry.
Those poor souls living in cities. I read somewhere that Austin (or another place in Texas), despite being the dominant settlement in its metro area, had much lower representation than the rich and less populated suburbs.
- scoofy 3y agoI grew up in Austin, so I'm intimately familiar with it. I don't really understand your comment, but I'm happy to talk about Austin if you have any questions.
- oblio 3y agoI forget if it's Austin or Houston or whichever it was. But the metro representative body, handling the local budget, was basically like this: Main city in the metro area, let's say 2 million people: 2 representatives. Every other settlement in the metro area, let's say 3 million people: 20 representatives. Guess why they kept building highways which cut through city neighborhoods? Edit: found it: https://www.fairforhouston.com/ https://www.fairforhouston.com/ Gerrymandering, starting to be undone 60+ decades later.