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[In Brief] The larger the government unit, the easier it is to hide or ignore problems in smaller communities contained within it. [Rationale] The murder rate in Chicago is one of the highest in the nation, but the differences between wealthy areas like Lincoln Park (where the median household income was reported at $68,613 in 1999) and poorer neighborhoods like West Garfield Park are buried in the statistics when the same police force and municipal government are assigned to them. By consolidating metropolitan governments, municipal leaders often hide the real budgetary or community problems they have failed to effectively address by diluting those problems into larger pools of data. [Factor] 
Distraction from Real Problems
Should City and County Governments Merge? | Gongol.com
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