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    That may have been true in the past but increasingly people that commute long distances for work have low wage jobs. I mean, all those $600,000-$1,200,000 condos in downtown LA aren't being scooped up by Hooters waitresses. They know where people live based on where they file their taxes...
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    Of course I do. Most of them didn't make the move with me, though.
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    So public utilities, publicly owned roads, etc are what exactly? Redistribution for the public good? How do you think the private utilities and road operators felt when they had to compete with government programs?
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    Not at all. Like I said, I grew up in a rural area and was raised by parents that were from rural areas. My dad was a logger. I still don't know anything about you. I take it you don't live on public utilities?
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    So government subsidized cars on government owned roads was what made Americans free? Before that they were suffering from an over reliance on private transit systems? And now spending two hours a day commuting gives them the freedom that they've always wanted? Paying 60% of their income for...
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    Yes, I wrote a check out for $5,000 for six months worth of property taxes about a month ago. What is "the urban area?" Chicago? New York? Dubai? Trump did better than that, he limited the mortgage interest deduction which is a subsidy for home sellers. Why would a crash impact your costs...
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    Do you have anything of substance to write, or is this all you can do?
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    Why don't you try arguing with what I'm writing rather than spend your time building straw men to demolish. Most people indicate a preference for walkable urban living. Why do you think people are willing to pay so much to live that way?
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    MF is not a "crime magnet." All things being equal there is more crime in a MF district. The real "crime magnet" is industrial space, but I'm willing to bet you don't log onto the internet to bitch about it. Hell, I bet you'd be surprised to see a crime heat map and find out what the south...
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    I've been working in Los Angeles for the last few years. I can tell you from experience that if you 1) shortened the permit process, 2) reduced the excessive open space and common area requirements and 3) reduced parking requirements, that I, and people like me, could build housing relatively...
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    Out of all the things I have to worry about that doesn't crack my top 25. And my family and I own and manage 50 doors between us.
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    Suburbs don't pay for their infrastructure. They can't afford it. They often can't afford to replace their leaky pipes either. Or, in some cases, their own septic tanks. Like I said above, what happens is that suburbs age poorly and people move. Which is causing a burgeoning problem with...
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    As someone that supports dense, walkable cities I can tell you that "they" are doing no such thing. If they were, it would be happening. Instead, many major cities are actually losing population because prices are going up as wealthy suburbanites move back in and bit up home prices. I support...
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    The US has been using regulation and subsidies to push people into the suburbs since Coolidge promoted zoning and Roosevelt promoted subsidized home ownership. When my wife and I got together she wanted a place in the suburbs. I told her that I want to walk to restaurants or shoot deer from my...
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    I've been making this argument for decades, now.
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    "Per capita income rose in cities from $25,170 in 2010 to $29,490 in 2015, a gain of 17.2 percent, and from $28,919 to $32,715 in the suburbs, a gain of 13.1 percent." https://www.governing.com/columns/urban-notebook/gov-cities-suburbs-income.html In looking for this I found some interesting...
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    Foreign aid is 0.6% of government spending, only about $50B per year. The highest estimate for the cost of illegal immigration is President Trump's guess at $250B. If that is true then it costs a little over 3% of government spending. So put together you've now accounted for close to 4% of...
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    The vast majority of it comes from people that live in cities, especially in coastal cities. Look, I don't like it that blue cities pay the majority of taxes... but they do. Do you have some plan to fix that?
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    So your argument is that Ryan is correct, but there are bigger issues to deal with? Neither is a drop in the bucket. If you want real savings you're going to have to find it somewhere else. In the conspiracy theory sense? Bullshit. The majority of GDP is generated in a few hundred urban...
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    Statistics can be used for all sorts of things, but unfortunately they can't be ignored. I mean, you were perfectly happy when the math looked like it worked for your argument. Meanwhile whole books have been written about suburban finance, and none of them paint a rosy picture. And don't get...
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