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Well, that was written more to say that municipal governments should allow more apartment complexes, than to say you should move in to them.

That said, if you prefer your 2 acres far out of town, be aware that the bill for sprawl can come due in the worst possible ways. It's pretty nasty to find out that since your city hall couldn't afford to keep up with repairs on your sewer main, they didn't. It's especially bad to find out by a raw seweage backup in your cellar. Perhaps that would compel you?




If you really live in the hinterlands you probably have a septic tank and a well, and besides that similar issues can crop up in cities too.


Then you're liable to live where fire department coverage is nominal (as in, it exists, but the drive to your house is so far there's no point.)


That's not necessarily true. Have you spent much time in the suburbs? Plenty of places you could live where you don't have city water or sewers but the town fire department isn't very far away.




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