That seems like an incomplete accounting though, as it's looking at net revenue per acre. When in reality, the productivity of an acre (and therefore its tax r

That seems like an incomplete accounting though, as it's looking at net revenue per acre. When in reality, the productivity of an acre (and therefore its tax revenue) depends on that acre + all its inputs (people, services, etc). Downtowns (aka central business districts) look wildly productive, but they're fueled by people who live... not there. From this perspective, it's really more of a call for mixed use development [0], which is able to supply more of its own requirements AND benefit from locality. [0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI&t=6m53s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI&t=6m53s