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Originally Posted by Slava
I'm well aware that the difference is capital and operating, but I am wondering what you mean by the comment about the design of some subdivisions?
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Density and design have a massive effect on the cost of providing both hard and soft infrastructure on a day-to-day basis. For instance, consider police and fire stations. In a walkable community, the police can successfully lower their operating costs by having more officers walk or cycle during their beat. Since they need to be able to respond to calls in certain amount of time, fire stations are provided according to a radius. The cost of the station per resident within this radius increases as density decreases. Low-density areas will require more fire stations per capita.
Density and design, they matter.