By: Sid Burgess
Great post. I love your last idea. I have been working with a community that was contemplating selling of their gas system. The offer they had received was no small sum of money. I wish I had your post...
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Good post. I would say spending it on paying down debt, rainy day funds, and public goods (ie infrastructure) are the best use of money. Actually using the money to send out cash to taxpayers? It...
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Urban Politician, I would agree for the most part, however, that is a cynical position that doesn’t always play out that way. Many communities enjoy a great deal of retail sales. Also, as in the case...
View ArticleBy: The Urbanophile
Thanks for the comments. TUP, I think that public assets belong to the public, so it is ultimately the people’s money. While I’d generally support infrastructure projects or generally back into the...
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Aaron, what makes urban cities like San Francisco, NY, Chicago etc so great (as compared to all the suburban sprawl out there not worth defending) is the collective pooling of resources that both made...
View ArticleBy: Alon Levy
The public’s ability to spend money depends on circumstances. In general, the public knows how to spend money better than the government. In times of growth, this creates a crowding out effect for...
View ArticleBy: AmericanDirt
Why is the suburban sprawl so indefensible? San Francisco, NYC, Chicago may be great cities for people who read this blog regularly, but they aren’t usually among the fastest growing–and they are out...
View ArticleBy: Alon Levy
New York has outstanding sprawl, if you go to North Jersey or Staten Island; San Francisco has outstanding sprawl on the Peninsula and in Contra Costa County. This sprawl is already full so you can’t...
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