[geeks] Taxes

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>
" 
" Sandwich Maker wrote:
" > " From: Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>
" > " It might even encourage 
" > " people to move out of the cities, and frankly, that'd be a good thing 
" > " for many reasons.  Sprawling megacities are horribly inefficient and do 
" > " huge environmental damage.  Decentralization makes much better economic, 
" > " ecological and social sense.
" > 
" > ...except for the spiraling cost of gas...
" 
" Do you burn more fuel crawling to your workplace through near-gridlocked 
" city traffic, or driving 50% further on less-loaded and relatively 
" free-flowing roads?

but city density does support mass transit and foot traffic as valid
commutation methods.  in nyc, car owners are the freaks.  otoh when
cabbies went on strike gridlock was cut by half...

" > i live near the edge of my little urban area, and i love being able to
" > cover all of it -on-foot-.  couldn't do that in the country.
" 
" Probably not if you lived in an isolated house ten miles from the 
" nearest grocery store, no.  But what if you lived in a sensibly-laid-out 
" smallish town out in the country with a scattering of neighborhood 
" supermarkets, a bigger shopping center "downtown" along with the town 
" hall and some entertainment/cultural facilities, a couple of small 
" light-industrial parks around the periphery, a good network of bicycle 
" paths and a light-rail system?  OK, so maybe you'd need to drive into 
" the nearest major city if you needed to buy something out of the 
" ordinary or go see Rush (or the Moscow Ballet) on tour.  But how often 
" do you really do that?

in a lot of ways that's exactly what i have in this city.  there's no
place i'd consider safe to leave my bike though.
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