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Re:Oslo made its city center basically car-free by mamurphy on Friday January 25, 2019 @02:41PM (#19001678)
Life and government isn't this simple. Subsidizing metro draws in high-income earners and thus builds the economy and increases tax revenues. The stratospheric price of housing near Metro stations increases real estate tax revenues as well.
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Re:Oslo made its city center basically car-free by inferiorhuman on Friday January 25, 2019 @06:50PM (#19003723)
The increased cost of housing near transit also reflects that various costs associate with sprawl no longer have to be funded (e.g commute time, roads).
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