We can perform an intuivite verification of this by dividing the city revenue/expenditures over 1. residences, 2. area, 3. people. Example: San francisco has a

We can perform an intuivite verification of this by dividing the city revenue/expenditures over 1. residences, 2. area, 3. people. Example: San francisco has an 11 billion tax revenue[1] It has 880.000 residents [2] It has 121 km2 [3] It has 345,811 Households [3] (note this is an old census, the number has probably gone up a bit) 11 billion / 880.000 = 12.500 U$S This means that every resident in the city would have to pay 1040U$S a month (including babies and elderly) just to pay for the city revenues. 11 billion / 121km ~= 91 million in expenditures per square km. 11 billion / 350k household ~= 31,500: each household has to pay 2625 a month just to maintain the city revenues. Kind of impressive isnt it! [1] https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-budget-soars-by-937-million-and-will-top-12955416.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-budget-soar... [2] http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/san-francisco-population/ http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/san-francisco-pop... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_San_Francisco#Education,_households,_and_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_San_Francisco#...