It’s hard to anticipate some sort of shift in municipal boundaries that would result in Los Angeles proper having a larger population than NYC proper. It’s even harder to imagine changes in zoning policy in any other big city proper smaller than those two that would change the order of the Top 3-4 cities proper.
If Dems ever snag control in Texas, I could see them dramatically expanding the cities to include all the reasonably commutable suburbs under the same government, but that still wouldn't overtake NYC. Even a City of Houston with all of Harris County would only get to 2nd place.
Cause “big government” and helping to streamline things, simillar to the way Rs want to break apart certain states and cities so R areas have more influence.
In reality though city consolidation/annexation is pretty rare these days, and I highly doubt would be something seriously discussed.
I wonder why no one tried that in Tennessee. One reason Memphis is such a cess pool is because of white flight moving all the wealth to the suburbs of Bartlett, Germantown, Millington, Collierville, Lakeland and Arlington (plus the areas in Mississippi and other counties like Tipton and Fayette)
The state hates Memphis. The City of Memphis and County of Shelby County aren't on good terms either
