The traffic and parking problems are there due to the lack of public transit, which is in part due to the spending of transportation funds on subsidizing you in the suburbs instead of building public transit.
The city in no way subsidizes us. Unless, of course, you mean that because we have the option of not living in the city then they don't get our property tax dollars because we chose to live somewhere else.
I pay taxes to my county and my suburban municipality. The city-proper does virtually nothing for me.
There's also the roads which allow you to get from point A to point B which are subsidizing you, and there's the federal gas subsidy which is also subsidizing your lifestyle.
And if the city proper really did nothing for you, then why would you be working there?
There's also the roads which allow you to get from point A to point B which are subsidizing you
Most of which are maintained by the county, to which I pay taxes.
and there's the federal gas subsidy which is also subsidizing your lifestyle.
From the FEDERAL government, to which I also pay taxes.
Much of the road maintenance is also done by the state government, to which I pay taxes as well.
And if the city proper really did nothing for you, then why would you be working there?
Because decades ago, my employer put offices in the city and it's more expensive to move them than it is to stay put.
Not all of us are working for start-ups. Some of us have employers that predate the interstate highway system.
As telecommuting becomes more of a factor, I will spend less and less time in the city. Hopefully, it'll get to the point where I spend one day here every five years.
