tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post2035094634515020372..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Level the Urban Playing FieldPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-38913090328176312302008-03-03T18:16:00.000-08:002008-03-03T18:16:00.000-08:00Pardon my schadenfreude, but making suburbs pay to...Pardon my schadenfreude, but making suburbs pay to maintain their roads and charging them congestion fees to drive into downtown commercial centers really tweaks my sense of justice.<BR/><BR/>Road and utility maintenance should be a priority but most cities/suburbs have thought of growth before anything else. Density would, I think, naturally rise as maintenance was taken into account when figuring property taxes and values.<BR/><BR/>Do I want a house with a patch of lawn one day? You bet, but close to the city center and I don't expect to be subsidized once I decide to go that way. Plus, who wants to live in neighborhood you can get lost in trying to find your own beige house?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com