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Originally Posted by nik-
So a Calgary based business is paying the property tax to Calgary for their Calgary based business.
What does the person being based in Airdrie, who is not paying the property tax, have to do with this at all. Your example is totally irrelevant.
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That business needs an employee.
That employee can live on the edge of Calgary or Airdrie. (I assuming this person would be a new house on edge city. Feel free to challenge this assumption if you want to)
If the person chooses Calgary, Calgary gets the tax revenue and burdens of this person. If the person choose Airdrie Airdrie gets the revue and burdens.
There is no change to the road demands if this person lives in Airdrie or sky view ranch.
Since the median price in sky view ranch is lower than the median in Calgary and the property tax from the business remains in Calgary whether or not the person lives in Calgary the city is better off with them in Airdrie.