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The federal government is able to intervene because of its financial strength. The cities are prevented by the legislatures and by the unwillingness of their taxpayers to be taxed (cities almost never pass up a chance to get money from the federal government-that seems like free " money) from raising enough revenue to do for themselves what they want done. The state governments are generally conservative; even when they are not , they may be unwilling to help because of partisan considerations.
The Solicitor General of the United States , who had urged the Supreme Court to take the stand that it did , suggested that in one house of a legislature there ought to be representation directly proportional to population and that in the other there might be variation to allow for geographical and other factors , provided " that the departure from equal representation in proportion to the population is not too extreme. In some states , especially in the South, reapportionment would shift power from rural to urban areas to an extent that would be profoundly important.
Few people have much leisure , however and the educational level is rather low. Membership in voluntary associations (other than churches and unions) is also low. sense of community is fairly strong, few people participate in local affairs and few take much interest in the government of the larger city or have much confidence in their ability to influence it. Such areas tend to. exert a stabilizing, "balance wheel" effect in city politics , but they seldom take a leading active role in it. In a third type of natural area , where incomes and educational levels are high , neighborliness may not be very marked; this is especially the case where there are high-rise apartments.