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The point I was trying to make is that utilities and infrastructure don't add up in ways that make budget decisions simple or that seem sensible when viewed fro
by LeifCarrotson 8y ago
The point I was trying to make is that utilities and infrastructure don't add up in ways that make budget decisions simple or that seem sensible when viewed from a simple calculation of total cost divided by number of households. If we did that same calculation for other utilities, we would not have many utilities at all!
Honestly, I'm not really sure how it's all paid for at the end of the day.
- mmt 8y agoI think it's also important to amortize construction costs over the useful life of the infrastructure, not just how long it takes to pay back the loan. That $40k of road is only $800/year over 50 years. (And I doubt all of it was even originally as expensive as your estimate, especially considering cost of land, which was closer to zero before there was a road there). Of course, maintenance costs have to be counted, too, and in the case of fiber, it would, instead, be eventual upgrades.