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250 thousand population. Meanwhile, the per capita cost of police protection— though apparently less effective—also roughly doubles.
OTHER figures: A 100fold increase in population requires a 1,200-fold increase in roadways. Public health is twelve times more expensive per capita in cities of over a million than in those of less than 50,000. In the same situation, welfare costs the average citizen 88 times more, through taxes, in the larger city.
Attempts at local solutions, Lamm reports, often only make the »problem worse. Detroit, for example, a few years ago tried to open up 50,000 new jobs, only to find its unemployment rate rose slightly as a result—people seeking jobs had flooded in from other parts of the country.
ONLY a national program of population and employment coordination can really ease the problems of big cities, Lamm concludes.
Such a program should find ready public support, he says, citing a Gallup Poll that shows 56 percent of Americans would
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