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In response to "But then we have to pay to maintain all those sprawled communities, all those extra roads to get there, etc." by ty97

And presumably the residents that those sprawling roads serve are generating property tax income and business tax income (oh wait) by using the roads

Posted by Max Sep 18 '12, 11:11

to get to work and go shopping. If the infrastructure was sustainable in a five mile radius when the population of the town was 10k, why isn't it sustainable when the population grows?

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I think his point is that it isn't sustainable in the first place. The funds needed to maintain the infrastructure aren't supported by the revenues - oblique Sep 18, 11:13 1
- No infrastructure is sustainable? 2000 years of migration, settlement and advancement in quality of life proves that wrong. -- nm - Max Sep 18, 11:16

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And presumably the residents that those sprawling roads serve are generating property tax income and business tax income (oh wait) by using the roads

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