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It's probably some math involving "unfunded liabilities" that the government has (usually oversized pensions or something).

This can cause a cascade where the governmental entity that has the liabilities keeps raising taxes on its constituents so they keep moving outward to the suburbs or away.

Detroit is a famous example of this, but it's happened to other areas (cities have gone bankrupt before).




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