Which is why counties should tie property taxes to infrastructure costs. You want to live in a sprawled out suburb where there's a low ratio of taxpayer/mile o

Which is why counties should tie property taxes to infrastructure costs. You want to live in a sprawled out suburb where there's a low ratio of taxpayer/mile of infrastructure? You're free to do so, but expect to pay a higher share of the infrastructure costs to do so. Also, the budget set aside for infrastructure projects should do a much better job of allocating future tax revenue towards maintaining it over time. Right now, the cost analysis of these projects is way too focused on what it'll cost to build it, and then maintaining it is left up to future planners to figure out. Every project must have a guaranteed tax revenue percentage exclusively set aside towards maintaining it going forward.