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Older infrastructure requiring more maintenance, plus higher expenses/labor costs of city vs suburbs.
by panzagl 9y ago
Older infrastructure requiring more maintenance, plus higher expenses/labor costs of city vs suburbs.
- millermp12 9y agoSure. That's the ticket. "older infrastructure". Of course!
- zip1234 9y agoHow expensive would it be to put space heaters in every classroom? Even window heaters are only $500. Surely a school district that spends $17m a year on maintenance can come up with that. My guess is bureaucracy/mismanagement is the real problem. The larger a school district is, the more bureaucracy.
- zip1234 9y agoOk--http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-ci-schools-money-returned-20180104-story.html http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-ci... The money is there apparently.
- alphabettsy 9y agoThey certainly have a problem with mismanagement, but having to use space heaters to warm a classroom means things are going seriously wrong.
- panzagl 9y agoEver plug in 20 space heaters at once in a building whose electrical systems are over 50 years old?
- rayiner 9y agoThat might be true generally (and cities like New York and DC have really high per capita spending for that reason), but Baltimore is quite a bit less expensive than the surrounding suburbs. You can buy a gorgeously renovated townhouse in a nice neighborhood for $400-500k, a fraction of what it would cost in Montgomery County.
- panzagl 9y agoThat has little to do with how expensive it is to maintain a building, especially a government building.