localities

Why not let localities where there's an actual problem fix it locally, rather than set new nationwide rules?

And for some localities it will indeed display a freeform text field, but for localities where there is more structure it could supply that structure and make certain bits mandatory.

GDP affects the entire country not just these localities and cities network into and recruit huge areas around them.

Not to mention this place is in the DC Metro, which is uniquely uptight and unpleasant among American localities.

What happens instead is that if you look in specific localities you can find specific explanations.

There is less competition in smartphone OSes (2 dominant providers) than in most localities' high-speed internet (2 wired and 3+ wireless providers).

One set of national service-shaping rules for all, because some localities have limited choices, is an overreach that doesn't match the problem.

I understand your point but I think that they can go to cheaper localities and start life there.

Some localities have a cable monopoly, but the local government is responsible for that.

If the author's argument were that localities should not mandate helmet use, I think I would agree.

States and localities can tax their residents pretty much however they please.

I'd assume that these would be installed in large open fields, so it shouldn't affect migration patterns or bird localities.

Yes, the original other way to read the image in the OP is as "localities with an insufficient supply of housing".

It seems your post should have read: "That figure understates the severity of the problem because some of the liabilities are promised by states and localities that are far more constrained in their ability to get out of paying." Also, if governments are serious about honoring pensions, they should be accounted for on par with their bonds.