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Originally Posted by esquire
^ windypeg is right. Emergency service costs are a different issue. That said, while it would cost less to service a more compact and dense area, I don't think that the difference would be vast. At the end of the day you will still need X number of first responders.
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We really have to disassociate the concept of urbanism from most city's urban cores. Urbanism is a concept that can take place in Bridgwater Center if it's properly developed, but no urbanist wants to hear that. Most city's actual urban landscapes are similar to what we experience here. Some not quite as dire, but close. And some much, much worse. Inner cities everywhere have crime, addiction and poverty issues for reasons we don't need to discuss here. Those issues require significant and variable - not necessarily fixed - resources. They are a part of the costs of keeping those areas semi-livable. We can't ignore those costs because they don't fit the theory.