I live in an ex-urban town and there's very little commercial development in town except at the fringes. However, town services and school need to be paid for and this was becoming an issue without significantly raising property taxes--which aren't super-high but it's also not an especially wealthy town as a whole.
We recently went through a couple of very contentious town meetings about doing a rezone in one of the two parts of town that has some commercial development basically so distribution centers can be built there. But make no mistake. The town as a whole would be perfectly happy to have near zero non-farm commercial activity if that were financially feasible.
We recently went through a couple of very contentious town meetings about doing a rezone in one of the two parts of town that has some commercial development basically so distribution centers can be built there. But make no mistake. The town as a whole would be perfectly happy to have near zero non-farm commercial activity if that were financially feasible.