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> The large fee compensates local residents in the form of reduced city taxes over time.

I wish lowering the taxes by compensating with other means was a more common approach. The most usual approach is accumulating income in whatever way possible.

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Isn't this in part because so many cities need all the cash they can get to fund individually-insolvent infrastructure? [0] If the goal is to be able to maintain roads that can't pay for themselves by enabling revenue generation, then I can absolutely see why cities would need to accumulate income in whatever way possible.

[0] https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/8/25/if-strong-town...

In my town's it's to pay an infinite parade of the city manager's friends as consultants on various non-issues.

You should become one of those consultants!

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