This can also be seen as the rise of the new “City-State” as these islands of corruption, political self-dealing and outright theft continue spread their tentacles out into the suburbs and extraburbs. This grown will continue until the political power of the ‘city’ rivals that of the home State.
We see this ‘power’ in national elections, were a major city can capture the State’s electoral votes, over-riding the votes and wishes of the rest of the population. That much of this ‘political power’ is driven by **demonstrable fraud** only increases the frustrations of rural residents.
One need only look at the recent attempt of 10 counties in KS and CO attempted to break away (from Denver/Kansas City) and form their own - nonwelfare State.
This...call it ill-will, will continue to increase as taxes continue to be jacked up to support the massive welfare population.
The days of this Nation are numbered unless things change.
This is NJ as well, and the “makers” (and their employers) are fleeing. They are tired of maintaining our part-time public school teacher caste as our new upper middle class, and voting with their feet.
The state’s response is the import Hispanics as blue-collar replacements and Asians as white-collar replacements.