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> but it's the local property owners that pay for it.

And the local property owners that benefit in increased real estate prices.

Exactly. No matter what it always comes from somewhere.

The landlords pass the costs of property taxes onto their tenants in their rents. So who is really paying for them?

Who then turn around and pass those costs along to renters as landlords. Or they take transit and get value. Or they drive and benefit from every vehicle not on the road since someone else took transit.