The subsidy myth A new house pays less in taxes than it consumes in urban services. But this doesn't mean newcomers are subsidized by existing residents. It turns out that existing houses also pay less in taxes than they consume in urban services. Owners of commercial properties. Smart-growth's density prescriptions will simply increase air pollution problems.
Water runoff is more complex.
When that percentage is exceeded, disturbances in runoff patterns can quickly become severe. Public worries about congestion, of course, are real. But this is more accurately interpreted as opposition to smart growth rather than support for it, since smart growth's prescriptions of high population densities and few or no new roads will increase congestion, not reduce it. The November election produced mostly negative results for the proponents of smart growth. Despite early polls indicating they would pass, smart-growth measures were firmly rejected by Arizona and Colorado voters.