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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
It's not a rivaly with yourself, its a city that just catching up with the 80's or 90's thinking now.
What I can't believe hasn't become an issue yet is the run up of property tax in the last several years. And if you think that's a problem, go look at the 5 year forecast. That, is what I refer to by unsustainable. Can big box stores live? sure there's a place for everything, not everyone has to live the exact same way, but you are out of your mind if you don't thin that people in high density neighborhoods aren't subsidizing all the sprawl.
And since you want to compare, I drive about one day a week. Im not saying everyone else has to be that way (wouldn't hurt, but nobody has to) but your comparison of the resources required by the avg inner city resident vs the tuscany resident is funny. It's not the same, not even close.
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Some of you guys' smugness is getting irritating. If you really want to talk about sprawl, how about all the inner city lots that are 50x120? Helluva lot bigger than what you're going to get in the suburbs. Lol @ the lawn watering comment earlier. With a 1000 sqft house on a 6000 sqft lot.
Do you people really think that all the sewers and garbage trucks go downtown before they go to their respective depositing sites or something? Are you pissed that the suburbs are increasing your taxes? Because with that tax increase comes a property value increase. That 1000 sqft house in Altadore is worth $500,000.
Congratulations on driving one day a week. There are plenty of people who do less than that in the suburbs. My friend's mom lives in Bridlehood and doesn't even own a car. She lives in a condo. She walks to the store. She takes the bus when she wants to go further. She's got a smaller carbon footprint than your once-a-week driving ass. Her garbage gets trucked to the Shepherd landfill, and the trucks that fill the store shelves she shops at barely leave the freeway. There's a water treatment plant in Chapparel.
