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The lifespan issue is significant. The suburb I grew up in is doomed because of this. 14 thousand people live in it but they don't generate enough tax revenue t
by asdff 4y ago
The lifespan issue is significant. The suburb I grew up in is doomed because of this. 14 thousand people live in it but they don't generate enough tax revenue to retrofit the entire storm sewer system much less square the budget very well as it is. The storm sewer system is increasingly overcapacity and in need of more maintenance with these larger storms dumping more water at once. You can't exactly add more apartments to generate more tax revenue in an area where no one wants to invest in since there isn't any job growth to speak of either. This is the rust belt. The city has several huge lots and ample commercial and industrial property that they've been trying to have developed for decades now, and about the only interest they've gotten is an amazon warehouse and a carvana. The walmart actually left town already.
- outworlder 4y ago> the suburb I grew up in is doomed because of this. 14 thousand people live in it but they don't generate enough tax revenue Yeap. It's pretty much a feature of suburbs. They don't generate nearly enough revenue to pay for their infrastructure. The only solution is to pack them more tightly and mix and match with businesses.
- asdff 4y agoWell that's the thing, you can't just pack them more tightly. Maybe in places with demand, but not here. There is no demand. Shops open and they close before long. Derelict properties are razed and left as vacant lots because there's no interest in investing on renovating. The major city this suburb feeds into is half its historical population peak, still reeling from white flight in the 1960s.