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Re:How Much Does a Mile of Road Cost? by davidw on Monday January 27, 2020 @07:08PM (#22165165)
It really doesn't, on a per acre basis.

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/2/1/the-surprising-...

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Re:How Much Does a Mile of Road Cost? by ummonk on Monday January 27, 2020 @10:10PM (#22166086)
The discussion was about per-person costs, so per-acre revenues are irrelevant.
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Re:How Much Does a Mile of Road Cost? by davidw on Monday January 27, 2020 @11:58PM (#22166593)
You can have cities configured to have more or less people per acre.

It turns out that having more of them per acre is more cost effective.

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