All you get from term limits is government by staffers. It takes more than a year for a newly elected official to become oriented to the playing field. By the time they become competant and hit their stride, their term is up.
What we are seeing now is carpetbaggers who go from one district to another by planting a mobile home in some field and calling it a residence.
The only power and leverage rural areas can have is the advantage of longevity. Term limits skews power to the urban areas by force of sheer numbers.
I understand your point, but we just can’t have people like Barney Frank who hold onto seats indefinitely, become arrogant, and think they don’t have to answer to anyone. If there were strict term limits, with circulating chairmanships, the political mix would change dramatically. Regarding staffers, I would put in place legal restrictions that prevent staffers from participating in political decisions.