All the gyring and gimbaling in the wabe about gerrymandering seems to make the assumption that demographics, living patterns and suburban growth will remain the same, with urban areas being hubs of poverty.
People die, leave, come. Today's slum is tomorrow's trendy district. Think how Sandy has changed the demographics of New Jersey. Katrina/Rita changed everything on the Gulf Coast. A gerrymander may not hold beyond the next election cycle. Especially when the GOP's sins against their constituents are held up for public view.
I suspect the Millennials will flee the comfy suburbs, or at least contract them to true sub-urban enclaves with easy urban access. Poof! goes the base.
In the wildest case, invest in businesses in deep red areas that also attract the growing Democratic/Independent voter. The 1950s suburban life, with its nuclear family, is an aberration, has not been the case static.
Outside of rural enclaves, we've reached a tipping point where it is almost impossible for any government to do anything in secret. Or keep it secret, either.
Nuclear family was an abberation, a result of a perfectly normal attempt of WWII veterans to maintain the only organizational