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It is simple enough to break it down by area. If a city has N people per city block, but a suburb has 1/N people per city block you lose out on all economies of
by 0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
It is simple enough to break it down by area. If a city has N people per city block, but a suburb has 1/N people per city block you lose out on all economies of scale. Each individual dwelling requires water, electrical, gas, roads, etc. More efficient to amortize that across more people per unit of infrastructure. A road is always going up cost $/foot. Best if that road is being used by 100k people per day instead of 10.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoYes but that’s a cost of infrastructure angle, not an argument for who is subsidizing whom. I’m saying the fact that the economy is unnecessarily focused into cities makes suburbs look worse in tax revenue but it doesn’t have to be that way.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoYou cannot ignore infrastructure costs and then ask who is subsidizing whom. Infrastructure is an enormous governmental expense. Not just the initial installation, but the ongoing maintenance as well. Economies of scale are always going to result in the higher density installation being more cost effective.