Instead, it is mouch of the surrounding areas that help for these services to implemented, services not intented for their use. Until the newly sprawling area has enough residents to create a sufficient tax base other areas will continue to help pay for the services and the facilities of the sprawling area. Also, there are costs that result from having to recreate the infrastructure for the sprawling areas, while having to maintain the old infrastructure. The result is that property taxes rise in both rural towns and cities. Those who are left behind in the cities are the elderly and the poor.
Urban sprawl has also a negative effect on city dwellers.
Schools and services suffer.