No, suburbs are great for the people who live there. What I’m pointing out is that the people who live in them don’t pay the costs. The people in the heavily populated areas have to deal with car noise, traffic congestion, pollution (like tire and brake dust) and its detriment to their health, and traffic danger of suburbanites driving through their neighborhoods, all the while subsidizing the suburbs with their tax money.
I think there’s a bit more nuance to it than that. I can look up a tax map for my state and see that for every dollar I pay in taxes that only 60 cents come back to where I live. It’s 98 cents back to the big city associated with my suburb.
The areas that get more in taxes than they pay in are the rural areas.
No, suburbs are great for the people who live there. What I’m pointing out is that the people who live in them don’t pay the costs. The people in the heavily populated areas have to deal with car noise, traffic congestion, pollution (like tire and brake dust) and its detriment to their health, and traffic danger of suburbanites driving through their neighborhoods, all the while subsidizing the suburbs with their tax money.
I think there’s a bit more nuance to it than that. I can look up a tax map for my state and see that for every dollar I pay in taxes that only 60 cents come back to where I live. It’s 98 cents back to the big city associated with my suburb.
The areas that get more in taxes than they pay in are the rural areas.
Your mindset is rooted in privilege.