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I don't know what you mean by neglect. If you keep overspending on new roads and bridges and sewer lines, you're going to see your maintenance bill come due.
by kiba 10y ago
I don't know what you mean by neglect.
If you keep overspending on new roads and bridges and sewer lines, you're going to see your maintenance bill come due.
As an example, I see sidewalks being built in the middle of nowhere, or that people so scarcely use them, that you wonder why spend money at all. I see parking lots half empty of cars, or worse.
All that means is longer roads, wider roads, longer sewer lines, and so forth. Somebody has to pay for all of that.
- yardie 10y agoIf a town has the room for expansion then they will plan to expand. It's cheaper to do this through farm fields than when the housing is already there. And most of this will be done with the input of the land developers. i.e. They plan to build a 120 unit housing development so the city has to plan and fund a sewer and roads for 120 households. Sewer and roads are fixed costs if you plan for 120 units why not 500 it's only marginally more expensive. Now that plumbed land is more valuable. The next group of developers can do up to 380 units without waiting for sewer and roads to be built. A prospective buyer isn't looking to buy a house 4-5 years down the line. They have the money now and want it right away. Time of delivery effects the purchase price which is how cheap exurbs become pricier suburbs.