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Suburbia is subsidizing nothing. They are a drain on the urban core of every single city. There is not enough density in a suburban land area to even reclaim th
by xerox13ster 2y ago
Suburbia is subsidizing nothing. They are a drain on the urban core of every single city. There is not enough density in a suburban land area to even reclaim the taxes required to build the infrastructure to get there. And we stupidly continue to build new suburban development for new tax bases that don’t even reclaim the cost of building them. Then there’s no money to maintain them.
Urban development subsidizes everything.
Go watch some Strong Towns.
Fuck suburbs, unless they were built around a streetcar.
- kelseyfrog 2y agoI hate suburbs as much as the next person, but let's be realistic. Just because I hate them doesn't mean they aren't subsidizing rural power transmission - that would be letting emotions get in the way of rationalism.
- arccy 2y agothey might be subsidized less than the rural areas, but they're still subsidized by the urban core.