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Originally Posted by Wooster
That and the fact that they don't have a commercial tax base to subsidize residential tax rates like Calgary. Calgary's downtown for instance contributes 25% of the entire tax base of the city.
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For now. As the satellite municipalities grow, they will draw more commercial development. This has happened in pretty much every North American metro. Calgary's unicity municipal structure was unique and is now breaking down.
I am permanently soured on regional agencies as well as municipal charters after living in Seattle. The Seattle metro blew 2 decades and billions of dollars through municipal infighting and constant attempts to poach each other's tax bases (aka retail). The Toronto region is an even bigger cluster.
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