City-Surburban Social Distance and Public Policy

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This study describes certain policy differences between city and suburban governments and attempts to link these to city-suburban differences in status and life style which have been described by urban sociologists. Differences in the social character of city and suburbs appear to result in identifiable contrasts in educational and municipal expenditure levels, and in levels and purposes of taxation and indebtedness. In larger urbanized areas, where status and life style differences between city and suburb are more pronounced, differences in the policy choices of city and suburban governments are great. But in smaller urbanized areas, where city-suburban social differences are small, there is less differential in the policy choices of city and suburban governments.

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