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Basically, yes. The typical American suburb, even "dense" inner suburbs, often don't generate enough tax revenue to maintain infrastructure. The areas get bui
by alistairSH 4y ago
Basically, yes. The typical American suburb, even "dense" inner suburbs, often don't generate enough tax revenue to maintain infrastructure. The areas get built out with various subsidies from different levels of government; it's only 30 years down the road, when major infrastructure needs updated that the costs become apparent.
- Ajedi32 4y agoWhy then do towns (which have similar population density to suburbs) not suffer from the same problem?
- alistairSH 4y agoI'm not convinced your assertion is true in general. Picking some local towns, cities, and counties... Shepherdstown WV, population of ~2000, population density 4,700/sq mi (bedroom community on outskirts of DC metro) Fairfax County, VA, population of 1.1 million, density 2,800/sq mi (big, mixed suburban county) Arlington County, VA, population 238,000, density 9,200/sq mi (much of it is very urban) Charlottesville, VA (city) population 46,000, density 4,500/sq mi (small college city) Anyways, the problem is sprawl, which can happen regardless of municipal label. Houston and LA sprawl and run into similar problems of upkeep as large counties like Fairfax Co VA.