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that's a strong statement to make across hundreds of thousands of different tax/cost situations in localities spread over all 50 states.
by someguydave 3y ago
that's a strong statement to make across hundreds of thousands of different tax/cost situations in localities spread over all 50 states.
- 0xcde4c3db 3y agoI'm not an expert on municipal expenses, but I'd wager that it takes a pretty unusual cost situation to render it cheaper to pave/trench/replace more miles of road/pipe/wire and maintain more service entries to serve fewer people.
- bluGill 3y agoThis is compex. Rural gravel roads are likely cheaper per capite than paved roads, but they don't scale to the triffic of a suburb. A city street needs to be more expensive yet.
- shortsunblack 3y agoIt's not a 'strong statement'. It's a statement supported both by rationality (more inputs spread out across less users) and empiricism -- there's countless case studies arriving at same conclusions. Here's some from Strong Towns: i) https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/8/3/cobb-county-addicted-to-growth https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/8/3/cobb-county-add... ii) https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/9/27/a-texas-sized-pavement-problem https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/9/27/a-texas-sized-...