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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
The jokes really on single twenty something inner-city renters. When the shift happens from suburbs to inner-city, they'll be priced out of the inner-city and only be able to afford living in the burbs, but also have to pay all the "smug" factor taxes people like themselves tried to strap suburbanites with. The whole "only pay taxes for what you use" concept only seems to appeal to these people when referring to urban design. If the theory is applied to our progressive tax system federally, they'd be pretty pissed when all of a sudden there's no cultural funding, less health care funding (I don't have risk factors for chronic health conditions so why do I have to pay?), and so forth.
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That's quite the sweeping generalization.
I will always live in the inner-city, whether you think it's going to be impossible for twenty-somethings like me or not. It isn't impossible, and it never has been impossible. The only thing required is to make adjustments to your lifestyle, which isn't eternally hard by any stretch of the imagination. You also forget to factor in rising gas prices, the abundance of new condominiums coming on the market (just wait, you'll soon see) and the overall general shift to becoming more environmentally sustainable for singles and families alike. The 'white picket fence' manifest is quickly not becoming the thing it once was. The 'smug' factor you've decided to mention is something concieved in your own brain; perhaps because I've touched a nerve somewhere.
Hence, why suburbanites should be taxed for the services they use in their areas. It makes perfect sense.
And just so you know, me using either of those new pedestrians bridges will be limited at best. But, I approach these bridges being built with an open mind - not always thinking about penny-pinching which has risen to be an dissapointing trend in such a growing city - and I still whole-heartedly support the project for a number of reasons. It's refreshing to see this city put money towards an both an aesthetic and functional project, as opposed to just functional as they usually do.