I’m not opposed to people who want to live out in the boonies, but given the extra cost of infrastructure to service them, they should have to pay for the privilege.
They never do though. It’s always the poor neighborhoods close in that subsidize the rich people in the suburbs.
You have no idea what you're talking about. Towns in the boonies don't fund themselves the same way as cities, nor do they provide the same level of public utilities and services. Many small towns only provide electrical service and basic copper phone service--no water, sewer, high-speed internet, etc.
> Longer roads, longer sidewalks, longer water and sewer pipes.
Digging a trench for that new pipe out in boonies over a dirt field can be done in an afternoon by one guy with a backhoe. Putting in the same length of pipe underground in Manhattan will probably take a decade and astronomical amount of money.
They never do though. It’s always the poor neighborhoods close in that subsidize the rich people in the suburbs.