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Re:Oakland shows how to expand housing supply: tell develope... by amanaplanacanal on Monday December 02, 2019 @11:28AM (#21683898)
Infrastucture costs are higher for decreased density. This is well known. You have to lay a lot more pavement and pipe when people live farther apart. Your typical suburban subdivision doesn't even pay enough in property taxes to maintain their infrastructure, and is subsidized by the denser areas. The folks at StrongTowns have done tons of work in this area.
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Re:Oakland shows how to expand housing supply: tell develope... by Retric on Monday December 02, 2019 @12:38PM (#21684638)
If the comparison where to empty fields or low density suburbs I would agree per person, but we are talking about existing cities which act as an inflection point. Further, expanding infrastructure is an additional capital cost where much existing infrastructure has already been built and paid for.
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