New York seems like a pretty obvious counterexample to that prescription, though. High density, high taxes - so should be the ideal city, no? But according to t

New York seems like a pretty obvious counterexample to that prescription, though. High density, high taxes - so should be the ideal city, no? But according to this very article, New York’s finances are even worse off than Houston’s! Does that imply that every American city is destined to fail? My overall impression from this piece was that someone really wanted to get something off his chest about cash accounting and unfunded liabilities. Lots of sound and fury around those topics but seemed pretty skimpy otherwise (and not terribly well informed about the facts on the ground in the specific example employed here). Btw, I’ve got to imagine that I’m perfectly within my rights to object to the particular tone an advocacy piece employs and/or the solutions it proposes (or does not), and to find that piece more or less credible based on those factors. Not sure why you are linking me to wiki and stackexchange articles?