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Old 01-06-2013, 05:29 PM   #267
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Also are there reasoanlbe family friendly options in the inner city now? (3 bedroom townhouse for less than 500k, 400k, or 300k). If there aren't any affordable options then really tis is just a debate on whether Childless people should subsidize families or not and not really about sprawl.
Stopping the subsidies would make family-friendly options in the inner city more affordable and there would be more incentive for developers to create them (via the link between tax rate and property value that you previously noted, as well as substitution effects).
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