These mega regions are being planned so that the richer surrounds to decaying cities, in other words the suburbs, will be merged to “share” transportation, services, educational units, etc.; in other words they will pick up the tab for the cities. Another income distribution scheme to soak those who escaped the cities in order to finance those very same cities. Beware folks, of what they are trying to do.
Exactly dead on. I know that there are some in my county (in the city) that want to eliminate all of the pesky township divisions that stand in the way of the city grabbing money from everyone in the county. Plus us rural township dwellers refuse to save the planet by enacting open burn bans or taking public transportation.
They did this in Montreal. 27 independent municipalities on the island were forced to merge into the city of Montreal.
you can’t tell from the map, but i just was in Cranbury, NJ which is about an hour from NYC and they are still farms all around.