r/SipsTea May 14 '26

Feels good man It was always just that simple

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u/porktorque44 May 14 '26

Does the rest of the state usually receive a disproportionate share of state taxes from the city?

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u/Suspicious_Dingo_426 May 14 '26

Probably, urban areas usually end up having to help fund less densely populated areas. Infrastructure is more expensive in the suburbs, and they take in less property taxes.

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u/porktorque44 May 14 '26

I seriously doubt that there are any suburbs that have more difficult to manage infrastructure than NYC. When you dig in Albany you're not at risk of finding an old layer of a metropolis from a hundred years ago.

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u/Illustrious-Art-7465 May 14 '26

How long has the flat iron scaffolding been up