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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
^^ Cowboy89, not saying you're a problem, but think of this example: When an inner city road was built 50 years ago (two lane road) to cater to "suburbs" at the time, was it envisioned that the same road would have 10x more load capacity to transport suburbanites further out? It costs all of us to get you out further to your townhouse, both in extending / widening the road, as well as maintenance. I think a similar example can be had for water pipeline services.
As an example of major roads, everyone complains about traffic on Deerfoot, yet I would venture to say most people in the city have never ventured south past 17th avenue (and probably only because the airport / Edmonton are in the northbound direction). Suburbanites use those roads more than anyone.
There is a strain on city services the further you live out - I can't really see any arguement that denies this.
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Does it not cost 'all of us' to get his wife to crowfoot from the inner city and to pipe water to her employer's place of work? It's the same arguement, the issue is living away from where you work and the infrastructure it takes to enable that.