| Kasz216 said: Yeah... as far as I can tell... most people pay for their own sidewalks. |
One of the many false comments you've made. A vast majority of sidewalks are owned by cities. Most cities have laws that require home owners to mow the parkstrip in front of their house that is in the city right of way and shovel snow on sidewalks in front of their house. I'll assume you just got confused here.
Sidewalks are worth hundreds of millions in every major city. Drive around your city and count how much concrete would have to go into them, then do the math.
Developers build roads then the city takes them over to mantain them. its a better deal for both developers and local governments (who own roads and sidewalks). Developers build neighborhoods and sell them for a profit, they don't have to pay millions of dollars to maintain roads to the property they improved, and the city doesn't have to pay millions of dollars upfront to build a new road whenever a developer thinks he can turn a profit there. Ask any developer if they would prefer to own the roads in the neighborhood they just sold and they'd laugh in your face.
