They are not ideal owners: they do not provide any sort of commerce to the city - which creates its own virtuous cycle. Taken (intentionally) to the extreme, yo

They are not ideal owners: they do not provide any sort of commerce to the city - which creates its own virtuous cycle. Taken (intentionally) to the extreme, your proposal would create a property-tax-generating ghost town; would you want to set up a business there? Would you want to live there?