...higher pay per employee than growing cities (see Table 8).M Table 8. Common City Functions in 1973*9 Costs within the troubled cities have risen sharply...in 28 big cities. (Of the 28, seven were growing, fourteen were declining, six were formerly growing and are now declining, and one, New York, was treated...

...Workers Union, New York. March 24, 1976. pp 2-3. 27 Peterson, pp 72-73. MuMer, Urban Areas, pp 76-78 Costs within the troubled cities have risen sharply...governments and 198 percent in 28 big cities. (Of the 26, seven were growing, fourteen were declining, six were formerly growing and are now declining, and...

...indeed in state and local governments generally. Spending per capita grew 163 percent froni I!)(j2 to 1972 in all state and local governments and 198 percent in 28 big driest (Of the 28, seven were growing, 14 were declining, six were formerly growing und are now declining,...