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Originally Posted by topfiverecords

There needs to be a community tax algorithm multiplier to the assessment value.

One factor would be population density per square kilometre. Normalizing assessment values for discussion, if you live in a low density area, your community as a whole is paying less tax to service the same sq km of an equal area higher density community. Your community still needs schools, firehalls, parks, green spaces, community centres etc.

Another would be distance from center point of the city. The further you are from the majority, the more road and utility length to build and maintain. The further out garbage/recycling/compost trucks/street cleaning/snow plows have to travel out to service you. Time and fuel is money.

Another would be distance to adjacent communities. All of that open space around your community is disconnecting you and removing efficiencies in serving multiple close communities.

Transit is also a huge issue and the cost to service low populations in far locations is massive. Fare zones might be the fairest way to handle that. Make those travelling farther pay more. Problem is then that people who use transit to commute from the edge to inner city or further will go back to car travel once the cost benefit flips. So add another value to the algorithm.

This, 100%.