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It sounds reasonable: we all know taxes should be collected to pay for community services and such. Then at some point you realize that other places which do n

• danaris 6y ago
  Many of those other places have those provided for by taxes at a different level—state, county, etc—or have much higher property taxes. I think it's also worth noting that attempting to compare nearly any other city in the world to New York City in terms of "but they can provide XYZ" is going to have problems. NYC is staggeringly large in terms of population—and particularly in terms of population density. For goodness' sake, it's got more people in it than all but a dozen states in the US. It's got a larger population than the bottom eight states combined plus the District of Columbia. And it's a single city. Less than 500 square miles. Less than 1/3 the size of Rhode Island, the smallest state. Smaller than Guam. And you whine that it has to charge more taxes than, say, Syracuse. Maybe think about it in perspective.
  • AlexTWithBeard 6y ago
    > NYC is staggeringly large... So if anything, I'd expect there to be an economy of scale. High population density means there are less streets to clean and less trees to groom.