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Originally Posted by electricron
Toronto may make up 15% of the population of Canada, it hardly represents 15% of the total property of Canada.
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Most railroads aren't in towns or cities and are instead just passing through wilderness and countryside. And many towns and cities have little or no railroad properties while their land values are much lower than in expensive cities. So unless you have evidence to the contrary there's no reason to believe communities would be losing more money than that.
And considering that lost tax revenue being a major concern was your implausible idea to begin with, the burden of proof is on you to show that it's true. I realize you were just grasping at straws and probably not serious but I'm willing to see the evidence nonetheless.
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