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NYC Infrastructure

chairsmissing
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:11:29 GMT

I don't know too much about New York City politics and land use. But it would seem that from a "Strong Towns" perspective they should have enough tax base to fund their infrastructure with ease. However, that doesn't appear to be the case (http://bit.ly/1urq0Az). I'm just curious if any locals have any insight to why that is? I live in Los Angeles, and there's a lot of local opposition to anything pedestrian friendly or mixed-use from those who prefer the status quo -- "Stop Manhattanwood" is actually the slogan for a well funded group of local NIMBY's who plan to put a ballot measure up to the voters in November to freeze our suburban zoning in amber for 2 years (even though rents in Central LA are some of the highest in the country right now.) I guess I just want to understand why New York has a lot of the same fiscal trappings we do, despite the most intense agglomeration of people and jobs in the country. What am I missing?