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Originally Posted by Bunk
To keep things in perspective on how much we pay compared to residents in other cities for municipal services.
We are close to the middle of the pack when considering utility rates. But that is something that is directly related to a decade in which there were zero levies for water/wastewater infrastructure for new growth. We're all paying for that now.
Considering I pay more almost ten-fold to the federal government in taxes I feel like I get pretty damn amazing value for the relatively little taxes I pay to the City. |
Just curious if density is such a big factor to keeping operating costs down, why Toronto, Victoria and Vancouver have significantly higher property taxes despite being much denser than Calgary?