Is It Reasonable To Keep The House at 435 Members?

[Antonio the Sixth]

No, it's not reasonable at all. Really, how can one single person represent more than 700 000 people ?

[Antonio the Sixth]

No one seems to want to address the fact that the personal relationships keeping Congress working would be scarce and less valuable in a chamber of 1,000.

I don't know if "personal relationships" are really a good thing in politics. Representatives need to defend the interest of the American people, and personal relationships can be an obstacle to that.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Each member of the California State Senate represents more people than a member of the House of Representatives.

I think it would be reasonable to make the California legislature unicameral, unless you do something wonky with how the Senate is elected.  I don't see the point in just having two houses with no difference except the number of people each member represents.

Yeah, I think the same. The idea of a "State Senate", which is elected the same way than the lower house, at the same time and with the same system is pretty silly.