ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the several problems and then aims to point out what fundamental trends can be expected to arise from them. The first problem is Central cities will become increasingly isolated from political access to the resources they need to pay for the special costs generated by their function in the metropolitan area. The second political problem arising from metropolitan growth: In new suburban communities there will not be enough industrial and commercial properly to "go around" to all the new political entities formed. The third political problem is: In order to attract middle-income and high-income residents into redeveloped neighborhoods, central cities need to create devices for giving enough local autonomy to these neighborhoods so that different levels of social service can be provided in different parts of the city. However, the political problems of creating the legal machinery for such local autonomy are enormous because of the tremendous complexity of forces operating within our cities.
