Associated Press
Bye-bye, Bismarck. So long, Sheboygan.
Those cities in North Dakota and Wisconsin, respectively, are two of 144 that the federal government is proposing to downgrade from the metropolitan statistical area designation, and it could be more than just a matter of semantics. Officials in some of the affected cities worry that the change could have adverse implications for federal funding and economic development.
Under the new proposal, a metro area would have to have at least 100,000 people in its core city to count as an MSA, double the 50,000-person threshold that has been in place for the past 70 years. Cities formerly designated as metros with core populations between 50,000 and 100,000 people, like Bismarck and Sheboygan, would be changed to “micropolitan” statistical areas instead. More
Map of cities possibly affected by the redesignation. Here
Shrinkage, eh? It has been really cold in some cities lately.
You know what really needs shrinkage? Anyone’s dependence upon the federal government teat for local concerns – and the federal government’s control of local governments by dangling carrots it doesn’t own.
LCD, you’re right! Federal funding equals federal compliance and control.
Urbs are almost always Lefty nut magnets. If this cuts down on the amount of our tax loot they can waste, I’m all for it.
@ Anonemuss MARCH 7, 2021 AT 4:24 PM
Agreed. But most of these new ‘micros’ are in red states. The amount of money doled out will not be reduced, there will just be more of it to give to the big blue cities.
Paid for by the red states and ‘micros’.
If the blue cities are worried, they can always live in the state prisons. You get everything there.
Sheboygan said ‘so long’, long ago. The only thing that city has going for it is bratwurst. If you are female and looking for a husband, go to Sheboygan. Their population is 3 men to every 1 women. Go have a bratwurst while you are there.
I live in the urban cessmaze – micropolitans; you ain’t missin’ nuthin’! 😉👍
My towns only been around for a few years – does that make it Neopolitan?
Mmmm, Neopolitan…
…the first step toward federal programs adjusting their population thresholds when it comes to distributing money to communities, leading to funding losses for the former metro areas…
It’s all about ending “white privilege” and redistributing wealth.
Note this is a first step. They never let you in on the agenda or the plan. It comes in pieces from different directions.
We moved out of the metro area to the hicks. When people like me do this, at first it’s culture shock, then the metro stuff no longer matters.