These districts don't really do much benefit for the game and player base as a whole. Having multiple cities instead of districts means much better encounters and different loyalties as a result. For example Downtown and Blackbottom in most cases would be loyal because they are under the same city banner. This would be a completely different scenario if this would St.louis and New Orleans. Better rivalries and take downs I feel would happen if we got rid of districts. But that's just my opinion. 

What do you guys feel on this topic?

I usually make long replies but this is rather easy for me. Districts should of course stay in game.

They make warring more fun. When there is a war, switching districts to "dodge" a bullet is really cool and has saved me multiple times. 

The timer for CITY travel is WAY longer, which would make wars more boring and probably also easier to refresh on people.

Districts make small drug runs cool, and basically makes way more sense than only having cities.

I could make a HUGE list. But my opinion is without a flinch that districts stay, and I unfortunately do not like your suggestion. No offense :) Have a great saturday.

I was gonna finish my dinner and then say what GabeTheDog has already said - I do appreciate our districts since it makes the game more... well, not sure if you could say "realistic", but something like it. 

If we were to get rid of districts, there would have to be more cities and much shorter travel times to make it a fun experience for everyone, since we are already used to having districts. To me it doesn't really make any sense, as I like what we already have, and I am sure lots of other people will agree. Another city would be fine, but completely getting rid of districts wouldn't do any good. If so, we should try and find another alternative for these. But well, that's just my opinion!

Honestly I am torn.

Districts do bring about the neat little drug runs with less of a travel time.

However, you do have a point. Most cities still act as one anyways even with the districts. So in that sense the districts don't mean a whole lot except for more Godfather ranks available for taking.

Districts allow for more income to be made by doing micro-deals between districts.

Districts have brought about a larger number of leaders than in the past and with that have brought a wider variety of leaders.

Districts have brought about the ability to have more achieve the Godfather rank.

Districts are NOT always loyal to other districts in the same city. Some will sit a war out kicking rocks down the alley while the other districts in their city are laid to waste around them. 

The chance of making more money doing micro-deals keeps people more active. More to do, therefore, the newer players stick around a wee bit more often. Maybe not as many as we'd like to see, but everyone that stays around counts.

Districts are more often then not loyal.

I don't think money is what keeps people entirely active or coming back. Nor is it the reason the old players run off.

Not to mention the increase in the number of Godfathers that can be running about makes it a lesser valued rank since it's not really all that special anymore.

I just feel like the game has lost it's charm somewhat. More godfathers isn't necessarily a good thing. I will make a comparison to money being printed. Some countries nearly went bankrupt because of it and as a result the value of the currencies plummeted. Same can be said about godfathers in this game.

Yes and no Squishy. In some ways it is stupid not to take the rank of Godfather because its there. 

Although I would love to see the cities minimizing it to 1 Godfather per city but the odds of that are very slim. Greed and ambition and the opportunity to take it is probably going to over rule that.