Is that to say that the so-called "governments" are able to only function as municipal corporations or subdivisions of municipal corporations and no more--that they are as a result of METRO severely blunted? It seems that cities are favored by some for the same reason scrip is favored. Its interesting that Federal Reserve Banks are always associated with a city (i.e. municipal corporation) rather than with a county.
Note, "the city" vs. "the City of Chicago". (Canada they say means "village".) A village is a type of municipal corporation or municipality. Do you live in the kanata? (However there are some say that Canada is named after the Portuguese word for river or byway. (Page 159 of this book.)) In the village or in the river or in the street? Take your pick?Police officer: Do you live in "the city"?
Respondent: No. I live in my house.
Police officer: Is your house in "the city"?
Respondent: No. Its on the side of a hill.