>Also, property taxes don't they pretty directly pay for roads which are used for commuting? Basically the answer to this is no. Often roads are paid for out o

>Also, property taxes don't they pretty directly pay for roads which are used for commuting? Basically the answer to this is no. Often roads are paid for out of grants to build infrastructure in the next ring of suburbs. https://www.strongtowns.org/the-growth-ponzi-scheme https://www.strongtowns.org/the-growth-ponzi-scheme This impacts the cost of parking lots, and basically because we tax property rather than land value, parking lots are generally pretty cheap if you already own the ground, but expensive enough that buying new land to meet a parking minimum is one of the single largest line items in many development projects.