That about sums it up:
"Same ol' stuff that we've seen before. State grows a large city. Large city becomes bastion of leftism. Leftists demand entire area lives by approved standards of enlightenment. Outside areas fight back. Leftists push back. Everything gets uglier. "
Thanks, Nightfall !
And if you want to know why-
https://www.britannica.com/event/Baker-v-Carr I wonder if the current Virginia counties telling Richmond to piss off could be a case to repeal Baker vs Carr- if 90 percent of the counties do not accept the states law it makes a pretty good case they are not represented fairly.
Olympia/Seattle, Salem/Portland , Denver, Las Vegas, and on and on- the cities all rule the rest of their rural states- not by accident, but by design- the Warren Court decision on Baker vs Carr destroyed rural representation- in fact, Chief Justice Warren, on retirement, declared it to be the most important case of his tenure on the court.
As a side note, this is exactly what the idea of getting rid of the electoral college is meant to do, on a national level- concentrate all political power in the hands of a few leftist states. Just what Baker vs Carr did on a state level.
Of all laws in this country, Baker vs Carr (and associated ones like Reynolds vs Simms) is the one I would most like to see repealed- because it is the key to getting some representation for the rural areas, who tend to be strongly conservative.