Podcast: The incredible shrinking city
By: Vox
Link: https://art19.com/shows/the-impact/episodes/99ffb9d5-58d6-4405-84e8-ee33a18db854
Notes:
For decades, Memphis annexed wealthy suburbs around the city as a way to increase their tax revenue.
After studying the effects of this, they found that these suburbs required more public money than they were generating, essentially being subsidized by the poorer neighborhoods in the center of the city.
Memphis is now undergoing an effort to de-annex some of these suburbs.
