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Originally Posted by accord1999
I don't think they do; the three biggest City expenditures are policing, transit and fire. New neighborhoods don't have much transit services (even the Green Line's billions of dollars in new spending will primarily help the inner city in the medium term), and the inner city are much better covered by police and fire stations. The City's crime and fire maps also show that the inner city typically has higher per-capita incidents that require fire or police response (ie the Beltline with roughly the same population as Panorama Hills has 9059 crime incidents vs 795).
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Actually most of your property tax bill goes to education.
Education 36.7%
Police 14%
Public transit 8.2%
Fire 7.8%
Streets 4.5%
Parks and open spaces 2.5%
I.T. Solutions and support 2.3%
Library services 1.9% - we can get rid of this one. We have ebooks and the internet
Facility management 1.9%
Recreation opportunities 1.6%
Specialized transit 1.5%
Sidewalks and pathways 1.3%
Economic decelopment and tourism 1.3%
911 1.2%
Art 0.8% - we can get rid of this one as well. No need for an explanation.
The rest at
https://www.calgary.ca/CA/city-manag...&calcInput=245