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From: aloe
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:00
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henryj@nina.pagesz.net (George Conklin) wrote: > Planners limit land use and drive up prices. That is >their main occupation. One purpose of zoning is to keep the value of real estate at an adequate level to pay enough taxes to provide services to it. If a building stands vacant, its value drops. The owner files tax certiorari to reflect the reduced value. The tax revenue falls below the cost of services. Empty buildings still demand police patrols and snow plowing. They can be a drain on the rest of the community, increasing taxes for everyone else. In some cases, they contribute to crime. --Buster <http://www.rev.net/~aloe/geography>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108112,df5c73b9344d5fae X-Google-Attributes: gid108112,public X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,8eef1fb2ac23834a X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: f7890,df5c73b9344d5fae X-Google-Attributes: gidf7890,public X-Google-Thread: 101a20,df5c73b9344d5fae X-Google-Attributes: gid101a20,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,df5c73b9344d5fae X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 10ca13,df5c73b9344d5fae X-Google-Attributes: gid10ca13,public From: aloe@rev.net Subject: Re: Daily Gripe: Driving into D.C. Date: 1999/01/19 Message-ID: <781lpn$p93$3@news1-alterdial.uu.net> X-Deja-AN: 434356047 References: <366b39f0.15342612@news.erols.com> <74ms6v$6ba$1@uvaix7e1.comp.UVic.CA> <74n05p$tnd$1@nina.pagesz.net> <36780CB1.CE934A93@bigsky.net> <75aqs4$b64$1@nina.pagesz.net> Newsgroups: dc.driving,dc.general,misc.transport.road,alt.planning.transportation,misc.transport.urban-transit,alt.planning.urban