>> Why do we have such good and extensive roads in rural areas with such tiny tax bases? Because cities pay for it.
> I take it you're American? (Pretty much no one else days "we" to include anyone they're talking to)
I can't think of any country (that has a rural area) where the statement wouldn't be true (although I could picture a counter example where the road infrastructure on specific rural areas is paid through export taxes and not city surplus, just none come immediately to mind).
> I take it you're American? (Pretty much no one else days "we" to include anyone they're talking to)
I can't think of any country (that has a rural area) where the statement wouldn't be true (although I could picture a counter example where the road infrastructure on specific rural areas is paid through export taxes and not city surplus, just none come immediately to mind).