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Memphis needs to become metro city government

The politics involved in discussions on whether or not the city of Memphis and Shelby County should be consolidated into a metropolitan government are often heated and always divisive. The issue is a controversial one with many opinions; one advocacy group believes that the failure to consolidate may hamper the development of city and wider county area.

Memphis and Shelby County are among 31 other pairs of cities and counties in the United States considering consolidation into a metropolitan government, as well as 6 taking steps towards consolidation and a further 43 that have either merged fully or partially. As the county seat of Shelby County, Memphis is the economic, transport and communications hub of the county, the land area of the city alone takes up almost of the entire county. Read more

What makes Memphis special is how it has turned its past into interesting and accessible attractions, from museums and historic districts to Graceland.

But attractions aside, Memphis' ties to the past are deep: It continues to maintain a relaxed, almost sleepy feel and the sense that many of its best attributes haven't changed.

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