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This is absolutely correct.

Suburbia is subsidized —- the cost of infrastructure is often 10x the property taxes.

Millions of people are accustomed to paying $1,000/year in taxes to live on a street that costs $9,000 to maintain. “Asking” them to pay the true cost of their decisions is considered politically untenable —- until the city itself goes bankrupt.




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