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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a great Atlantic article explaining why city life got so expensive. In a nutshell, folks have been keeping costs artificially low. Honestly look at major cities in the world, all are very expensive. (Paris, London etc).

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/06/uber-ride-share-prices-high-inflation/661250/

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I’m going to guess that the love affair with urbanism is going to slowly die out once people living in urban areas no longer have their lifestyles subsidized by Private Equity.

The advent of “walkable” suburbs will do the rest, because you get the best conveniences of both, in terms of being able to walk and use your car. [/quote]

People have wanted to live in cities since before Uber and Door Dash …[/quote]
When was that exactly?

It’s funny how I see a lot of urbanists talk about how much the suburbs are subsidized. Let’s see how well cities fare once city residents have to pay the full cost of city convenience. I’m going to guess that people really like cheap servants more than they like cities specifically. [/quote]

Do people not use money-losing car share and delivery services in the suburbs or something?[/quote]
When did people want to live in cities before Doordash? The “urban revival” following the white flight and hollowing out of cities directly correlated with the rise of these Private Equity urban lifestyle subsidies. [/quote]

This sounds completely backwards. Isn't Doordash something that is used by people who can't walk to get food? I lived in Shaw before Doordash and when I wanted something I would.... walk to get it? I get a lot more delivery now in the suburbs.[/quote]
LOL. The food delivery companies give you immediate access to the restaurants of the entire city. If you lived car-less in Shaw but had a hankering for Sushi Taro, what were your options? How much is that convenience worth to you? And how much does it make the city “livable” that you have access to the amenities of the entire city?

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Why would I move to the suburbs, where I have to drive everywhere, because door dash is more expensive in the city? you make zero sense. (typical). 
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They don't really have much of a point, at all. PP and their ilk brainlessly root for cities to fail, not realizing that cities subsidize their suburban lifestyle.[/quote]
Can you provide proof that DC subsidizes the MD and VA suburbs? I pretty sure that not only does DC get massive Federal subsidies that the DC budget is heavily supported by tax revenues generated by people from the suburbs.

How exactly are DC tax payers subsidizing Fairfax County, VA? I’d really like to know. [/quote]

What tax revenue does DC receive from the suburbs?[/quote]
Both sales tax and the underlying value of commercial real estate and the taxes that are collected are derived from suburban commuters.

You have made a specific statement that DC actually subsidizes the suburbs. I would like to understand how this is true. [/quote]

Far more suburbanites commute to Washington DC than Washingtonians who reverse-commute to the burbs. DC doesn't collect a dime of income taxes from the ~100,000 people who commute from Fairfax County.

The income taxes that suburbs surrounding DC is unfathomably higher than what they could collect if DC were able to tax suburbanites working in DC.[/quote]

This is very clear in the DC budget documents. For next year's financial guidance they have a massive writedown on property taxes on downtown commercial property. But it turns out there isn't actually that much of a budget effect since (a) DC doesn't rely on downtown commercial property or associated retail taxes (b) massive increases in non-downtown valuations and revenues (both commercial and residential) and (c) incomes of residents have gone up and the pandemic exodus has started to reverse.

Basically the pivot to massive mixed use development is paying off for the city.

Personally, if the city could simply get rid of I-66/TR bridge highway spaghetti mess and put in the "wharf north", it would revenue positive for DC. Same for the RFK shitshow. All those unused, non-revenue generating parking lots. Navy Yard north is waiting.[/quote]

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