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Originally Posted by calculoso
As has been mentioned several times, subsidized how? The initial installation is (at least partially) paid for by the developers, is it not? Its pretty obvious taht they get their money from the new home sales.
So the operating of garbage removal is such a huge subsidy, especially for those who live closer to the dumps than those downtown?
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Key word in bold, where does the rest come from?
Your garbage collectors need stop at your house, and your neighbors house. My garbage goes down a chute a long with my neighbors and the people above and below me into a single container for them to pick up, so you really think your garbage removal is cheaper? Also, you get recycling pick-up, I don't. Figure that one out.
What about the new interchanges, the new LRT stations that service your new communities, does the developer pay for those? New busses, new parks, new libraries, new rec centres, new fire stations, new police stations?
The inner city pays higher taxes, does their money go back into the inner city? If not, where else could it possibly be going?
If you still don't think suburban living gets subsidized in Calgary, I'd like to see your reasoning. If not, let's have the rest of this discussion on the basis that it is.