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Originally Posted by moncton golden flames
This really bothers me. People living on the outskirts, requiring new roads and services, have a decrease in taxes, and myself, living inner city, have to make up the difference. My area has been serviced for about 50 yrs, but I have to pay so suburbanites can live farther from work, and strain our infrastructure? total BS.
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Up front costs for new communities such as roads and sewers are bourne by the developer which are in turn passed onto the homeowner through the cost of their home and lot. We all bear the cost of construction of the major thoroughfares which access new subdivisions, but the city benefits as a whole from these capital projects. Lets not forget the that taxes paid by suburbanites also help cover the cost of maintaining and repairing aging inner city infrastructure.