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Originally Posted by ATLaffinity
personally i would rather pay higher taxes. everyone whines about this but they have fits over paying an extra $200 a year in taxes.
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I sense that the City of Atlanta's relatively low-density character is going to start to take its toll in the coming decades. The vast amount of horizontal infrastructure that we've come to know in many areas doesn't come cheaply, so we'll need to do one of the following:
1. Pay more in taxes
2. Experience further service cuts
3. Densify at a tax revenue positive level, or
4. Abandon large parts of the city
There's only so much that can come from improved efficiency at City Hall.
None of these are going to be easy, but people need to stop unilaterally complaining against more taxes, against service cuts, against density, or against those who question the "sanctity" of the the Atlanta lifestyle. They need to come to terms with the fact that something will have to give. Everything comes at a price.
Side note: Just think of what the even less dense suburban and exurban areas will experience in around 30 more years.