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Re:What Happens When a Suburb Begins to Die? by TheCoelacanth on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @10:35AM (#15450073)
The outer suburbs aren't economically sustainable either, they are just new enough that the maintenance burden of old infrastructure hasn't hit them[1].

[1] https://www.strongtowns.org/the-growth-ponzi-scheme/

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Re:What Happens When a Suburb Begins to Die? by sliverstorm on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @01:29PM (#15451477)
To me the summary of that discussion seems to be simply, "budgeting failure". Unfunded liabilities are very expensive after they've accumulated for thirty years. They are not very expensive when regularly, progressively funded.
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