Tim Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> , inner cities have to deal with very high land costs,
> environmental issues (clean-up of previous pollution), aging
> infrastructure, and high social services costs (which suburbs are
> able to avoid, by keeping housing costs high).
A couple of fallacies here. Major environmental clean-up costs are rarely
borne by municipalities ... most such costs are paid through a combination
of state and federal funds.
And social service costs are typically county burdens, not municipal
expenses.
Finally, availability of lower cost housing seems most closely correlated
with the age (and condition) of the housing stock.
Rick Mons
Tanglewood - Shoreview
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