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mattgm1995 t1_j7sbbig wrote

Reply to comment by hippiepotluck in How Can We The Increase Affordable Housing Supply? Ideas? by twentiesforever

Valid points, though I will also say outsiders use the roads the least, do not send their children to community schools, or take advantage of other town things so they get much less benefit for the tax they do pay. We can agree to disagree but some towns are just going to be that way. How would you change ski towns?

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hippiepotluck t1_j7sf384 wrote

Honestly, I don’t think that matters. If you own x% of the value of a town you should pay at least that percent of the cost of running that town and educating its children. Whether you choose to use those services is not really relevant, if you live here you don’t get a tax break if you don’t have kids or don’t drive.

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mattgm1995 t1_j7sfiui wrote

That’s fair! And I think the current system is plenty fair to the locals as is.

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