Which has more direct contact with the people, a city government or a state government?

Answer 1

city - duh.

Answer 2

you'd think that most folks see city government at work more often than state governments, even though state laws are almost always more intrusive than city ones. cities allow 2-hour parking. states offer the death penalty.

the police or the state patrol ~ who answers your call when you have an emergency? the street department or the DOT... who has immediate impact on plowing your streets after a snowfall? in this part of the country, the city provides your utility service. the state taxes it.

and while you can't fight city hall, at least you're likely to see it occasionally. good luck finding an ear at the capitol.

Answer 3

typically speaking the lower level governments (ie town/city etc) are supposed to have mor edirect contact with the people or have a great direct affect on your average person that say a state/provincial or federal level government does. The lower levels are the ones that control the things that affect you day to day like garbage pick up, public transit etc. the higher levels control things like taxes, laws, policies etc. most of which don't have much affect on the average person on a day to day basis.

Answer 4

Its a toss up if you consider your local Welfare office or Unemployment office sees tons of people every day. Your local city government sees plenty of people for different issues like building permits and property taxes.

Answer 5

neither, they are both out of touch with people