Moreover, intercommunal structures in many urban areas are still new, and fragile: Tensions exist between communes; the city at the center of the urban area often is suspected of wishing to dominate the suburban communes; communes from opposing political sides also may be suspicious of each other.
Lainnya, struktur antarkomune di banyak wilayah urban masih baru, dan tidak stabil: ketegangan terjadi antar komune; kota di tengah wilayah urban sering diduga merencanakan dominasi atas komune pinggiran kota; komune dari sisi politik berlawanan juga dapat melakukan hal yang sama terhadap yang lain.