Better Together
From Meet Me by St. Louis Public Radio
February 26, 2026 · 43 min · Season 1 · Episode 2
About this episode
Residents near the St. Louis city-county line discuss the implications of living along a divide and the failed Better Together plan.
What happens when a border becomes more than a line on a map? In this episode of “Meet Me,” residents living near the St. Louis city-county line describe what it means to live along a divide that shapes daily life. We also dive into one of the most ambitious attempts to reunite St. Louis city and county, the Better Together plan from 2019. Through interviews with civic leaders, elected officials, and longtime political voices, host Luis Antonio Perez explores how the plan gained momentum, why it failed, and what its collapse reveals about power, trust, race, and regional identity in St. Louis.
People in this episode
Guests: Civic Leaders, Longtime Political Voices, Elected Officials
Topics covered
- St. Louis
- city-county line
- regional identity
- Better Together plan
Keywords
- power
- trust
- race
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Books & works: Meet Me
Places: St. Louis
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