Interesting to contrast one big city with five boroughs vs five separate, adjacent cities. Benefits to each, sure, but one big seems better.
@marcprecipice (Rob Ford's electoral support came from areas that were separate from Toronto until the "megacity" amalgamation 15 years ago)
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@avibryant hah. Well, the "mega" argument also produced the US itself, of course... -
@marcprecipice I'm patiently waiting for BC and Oregon to secede and form Cascadia. We might have to let Washington state in, too. -
@avibryant I'm sure you could build support for that with a constitutional platform blocking immigration from California. -
@marcprecipice@avibryant we're going to have to talk about what to do with the Seattle issue, though. Washington is one thing, but... -
@tlockney@marcprecipice@avibryant: Seattle can come as long as they deport the Sounders fans. Also:pic.twitter.com/mCB5DfTKNy
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@avibryant@marcprecipice Montreal partially deamalgamated in 2006 after a referendum - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_reorganization_in_Quebec#Demerger_referenda … -
@ericpromislow@avibryant@marcprecipice Montreal’s example showed unexpected consequences: corruption, poor service, more expensive, etc.
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