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Originally Posted by Rando
https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2019...-services.html
Just a reminder who voted against these new expensive property tax increasing communities last year
-Farrell, Duh
-Nenshi, Naheed
Just a reminder who voted for these new expensive property tax increasing communities last year, while also rallying against the Olympic bid because he cares for tax payers so much
-Farkas, Jeromy
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Did you account for the increased property values in inner city due to increased demand as the population of a city rises? Did you notice that the density of the new communities is higher than many of the non-inner city communities. Did you notice that Nimbys constantly oppose density increases. Did you account for whether or not in the absence of building ne communities if the Airdires / Cochranes around the areas would just increase their populations and if this would have positive or negative affect on the city's costs. Did you account for increased business taxes in areas where the people living in new communities are employed?
Without doing a real look your characterization of the new communities as "property tax increasing" fails to account for many factors in what occurs as the city grows. As Godnek says in the article you linked its easy to use the words "sprawl" and "subsidy" and make a case but it isnt that simple.