POLS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Cherry Picking, Investor-State Dispute Settlement
17 Nov 2016
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Core urban area of 50k people with adjacent counties that have predominantly urban population with close ties to central city. 24 msas and 3 of the 10 largest cities. 4 of the 30 largest msas (4=dfw,5=houston,25=san antonio,33=austin). Social class: traditionally middle class (starting to change to upper class) Income: poverty often concentrated in inner cities and old suburbs (also changing) Partisanship: central city usually democratic, suburbs lean democratic. Taxes: low taxes draw in early suburbs, but influx of people creates demand for services) Revitalization of neighborhood via influx of higher income residents. Rising prices drive older residents out (austin and san francisco) They use jobs and culture of inner city but don"t pay taxes. Regionalism: centralizing and consolidating govs and services, localism: local govs stay separate and provide services for own community. Reducing costs and economics of scale 2. suburbanites shouldn"t get to free ride 3. clear lines of responsibility; localism:1.
