Monday, February 4, 2013

The Cost of Sprawl: An Ongoing Tragedy

Just got some fee costs for installing water and sewer service in an exurb that shouldn't even be developed:

$13,118 for sewer
$4,534 for water

Grand total of $17,652 (+ $2,453 if your sewer is tributary to another exurb)

This is before you pay the contractor to lay the pipe. (Gotta be another 20k, I imagine.)

Connection is required BTW.

All that for the privilege of driving your gas hog over 50 miles a day and destroying forestland.

All these amenities and more already exist in the city.

There are probably 100s of entire, quality houses available in the city for less than $10,000.

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