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At some point you're going to have to pay for the externalities you free-ride on to enjoy that life right now. (I have a modest house on the commuter rail netw

• hedora 4y ago
  I'm already paying an order of magnitude more for the same facilities I'd get in states that are less dense than California. At least out here, things are so screwy that minor details like cost of materials are rounding error. Will happily pay for atmospheric carbon recapture, which covers the biggest externality. Also, like most other commenters from the west coast, I'd live in one of the cities if they weren't littered with human waste, and if they had reasonable public schools.
• temp8964 4y ago
  How is paying property tax free-ride?
  • toomuchtodo 4y ago
    They are referring to sprawl externalities. Strong Towns delves into this (and they have some points, but are also overly pessimistic about suburban and rural costs). https://www.strongtowns.org/the-growth-ponzi-scheme https://www.strongtowns.org/the-growth-ponzi-scheme