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Originally Posted by ranchlandsselling
Are you insane? You do realize the huge amount of taxes generated by the business the make up the core pay for large part of everything? Where do you think all those employees come from? You realize the largest portion of the Calgary population lives in the suburbs? And they're the ones paying the big bills whether your property values are higher on a per sf basis and you're paying slightly more taxes. What about those dirty leeches that live in the core and work outside the core? I know plenty. Or the students who go to the University of Calgary and live in apartments and condos downtown.
Sorry - but you're going to need a bit better than econ 101 to trump out some random theory like the above.
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I have better than ECON 101.
The Central Business District is gonna be the Central Business District whether or not the suburbs get subsidized. But if you cut the subsidies, inner city residential development goes up and that makes the commercial CBD even stronger. And the dirty leeches who live in the core and work outside the core are the biggest consumers of infrastructure the city has.
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Originally Posted by ranchlandsselling
And the same thing probably happened 20-30 years ago for those communities and 100 years ago for the other communities.
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Who subsidized the first communities? Nobody. And this hasn't been going on forever.
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You want to change the current system because you deem it unfair to inner city residents. Well they bought their houses knowing exactly how the system worked or they've had ample time to move if they don't like it. Suburbanites bought their houses under the same assumptions. Can't just up and change it for the benefit of the few and ignore the many. Spock would be pissed!
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If we don't change the system, it will collapse. We will have a giant low-density that costs so much to service that quality of life will erode or taxes will keep going up (as they already are). As far the suburbs go, some short-term pain is needed for long-term gain.
Also, subsidies (for things that don't have positive externalities) cause a net loss to society. Do not invoke Spock, because you are not being rational.
Do you happen to sell ranchland on the perimeter of the city by any chance? Because I don't know if you actually believe the garbage you're spewing or if you're just trying to advocate for a position that suits your financial interests.