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This all means higher taxes to fund it all.
Good luck starting that initiative.
You got that backwards. Suburbia and car dependency are already aggressively subsidized.
https://medium.com/by-the-bay/subsidizing-suburbia-2c3b66f88d4c
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/4/16/when-apartment-dwellers-subsidize-suburban-homeowners
You're missing the point. Infrastructure costs money.
And cars require far more infrastructure than any other option…
Already paid for.
Again I can't tell if you simply don't get it or are intentionally obtuse in bad faith.
And currently needs trillions of dollars of maintenance.
If anyone is arguing in bad faith, it’s you
The highways are already there. They don't need to be created. What are u talking about. U don't understand what bad faith means obviously...lol
Yes they need to be maintained. Everything does.