If the Great Lakes Cities do try to start building up themselves as a region that works together for infrastructure and funding over the next few years with things like the CHIP program. I want the Lower Midwest: Louisville, Lexington, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh to begin collaborating and acting as a block because I want those cities to succeed so badly
By Great Lakes Cities I am Referring to Duluth, Superior, Marquette, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Kenosha, Chicago, South Bend, Traverse City, Detroit, Toldedo Cleveland, Akron, Buffalo, and Rochester as well as several smaller cities on the lakes
The reason I am posting about this is because I watched a thing about how planners in some of these cities want to form a block where the cities try to advocate for funding together and market themselves as the north coast
It does make sense for the region to work together instead of competing for federal funding and given the importance of the Midwest in the coming years I do want to see the cities do well in the future. I just have a soft spot for the lower midwest and want to see cooperation between the cities in the Ohio River Valley as well
