> It's unfair of folks to complain that others who would not benefit from their public transit plan don't want to pay for it. I don't know if it's the same in

> It's unfair of folks to complain that others who would not benefit from their public transit plan don't want to pay for it. I don't know if it's the same in the US, but where I'm from rural areas depend entirely on urban tax revenues. If state support was cut and local expenses would have to be covered with local taxes, all rural areas would die overnight as basic services couldn't be funded any more. But it's of course an unfair idea to start with.