Because while it technically is one big city, politically and administratively it's rather 10 or so distinct cities, all competing with one another with no over

Because while it technically is one big city, politically and administratively it's rather 10 or so distinct cities, all competing with one another with no overarching strategy. Besides, politics in the area is very much still living in the past (to the extent it's largely driven by nostalgia rather than by what's reasonable), when mining, steel and big state-run companies dominated the economic landscape. Politics being run by largely anti-business socialists for decades now doesn't help exactly either. Corruption is rampant, there's no vision and in general people there don't seem to care as long as their favourite football club's still playing. It's a shame really. There's a lot of potential there that simply goes unused. [edit: grammar]