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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Higher population = larger tax base = more money for schools, infrastructure and the like.

This is why you don’t generally see counties or municipalities urging people to leave.

Quite the contrary, actually.

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Multifamily housing in Northern Virginia is tax negative for counties almost 100% of the time. The only type of multifamily housing that usually creates a fiscal surplus is age restricted senior housing. New construction single family is the only housing type in Arlington where the average unit creates a fiscal surplus. Every other type of residential housing type creates fiscal deficit on average. Growing the tax base makes the county worse off when spending grows faster than tax revenue. So the fiscal benefits of MM housing are nonexistent. [/quote]

Evidence, please.

I find it hard to believe that Arlington condos and apartments, which house many singles and DINKs, are somehow a fiscal negative on average.

But I’m willing to see what you have to back up your “almost 100%” claim.

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True, all of Ballston is nothing but a big huge tax negative complex. [/quote]

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