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Comment by stronglikedan

8 days ago

> Basic stuff

You like paying extra for stuff that is normally included in your property taxes? I'm dumbfounded.

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Arainach  8 days ago

Property taxes basically never pay for privately owned things, be that landscaping in common spaces, maintenance of private neighborhood roads, etc.

  • dsr_  8 days ago

    The alternative is public space and public roads.

    • Arainach  8 days ago

      These don't work because suburbs are a ponzi scheme that is collapsing.

      People are grudgingly willing to pay to put in a brand new sewer once. No one wants to fund maintenance or pay millions to replace it in 60 years and cities are literally going bankrupt because the population density isn't enough to maintain the infrastructure.

      Cities realized this decades ago which is why many are reluctant to add more unsustainable public roads/sewers/etc. and insist new development owns and funds them privately....which tends to require a HOA to fund maintenance from communal contributions/reserves.

      https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/01/benjamin-h...

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