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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
I was hopeful that after the flood the inner city folks would lay off banging this drum for a while. I'm sure this comes across as crass, but if people in growth areas should rightfully pay for the full development cost, than shouldn't the folks living on flood plains in turn pay the full cost of remediation? It's only fair isn't it? Why should someone who lives well above the flood areas be forced to pay for other people's choices? Frankly I'm tired of this debate, at some point in time, everyone is subsidized by the overall tax base, whether it be healthcare, unemployment, infrastructure ect.
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It's a Sunday, so preachers are going to preach. I would not lay this on the feet of all inner city folk though. It will be interesting to see how some of the more divisive sort of politics at city hall play post-flood.