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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by lkbm on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @10:01AM (#37915185)
> The idea is that you tax the land only as if it was being used for best use - so that every property is encouraged to develop to maximum density.

Maximum value, not maximum density.

They may tend to be the same thing, but that's not necessarily the case.

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