text: As David Rusk , a former mayor of Albuquerque , argues in his book , Cities Without Suburbs , metro-wide governments where the suburbs and the city are joined tend to be more racially integrated , and better off in various other ways as well .
  
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  David Rusk said in his book about his experience as mayor that suburbs and cities joining together at the edges of the metropolitan area leads to better economic stability , schools and neighborhood safety then when races start to become segregated .