Georgism is a great idea, but San Francisco is a poor test case. If there is any city government in the country to have demonstrated total inability to turn funds into quality governance, it's SF
I'm no economist and perhaps not entirely following your thoughts correctly, but San Francisco has taxpayer budget of $16 billion a year, the highest for a city its size in the world. Compare this with Paris, for one example, with a population about 2.5 times the size of San Francisco with a budget that is billions less. Plus they get the Metro thrown in. It seems to me that even if the city could double that, it would still be dysfunctional on the levels, the schools, street vagrants, and public transport foremost.
Well yes, I agree with you there. San Francisco's budget could be twice the size and still not improve how dysfunctionally the city is run. As I'll show in future parts of this series, land may be a good way for cities to earn revenue, but the city also has to have masterplanning authority, and a good master planner! Other cities coming up have mastered this part!
Thank you, I am really enjoying this series. And by coincidence also reading Morris’s News from Nowhere this week. I’ve never thought to compare what was happening in London at the time with Boston. This is very helpful.
Georgism is a great idea, but San Francisco is a poor test case. If there is any city government in the country to have demonstrated total inability to turn funds into quality governance, it's SF
I'm no economist and perhaps not entirely following your thoughts correctly, but San Francisco has taxpayer budget of $16 billion a year, the highest for a city its size in the world. Compare this with Paris, for one example, with a population about 2.5 times the size of San Francisco with a budget that is billions less. Plus they get the Metro thrown in. It seems to me that even if the city could double that, it would still be dysfunctional on the levels, the schools, street vagrants, and public transport foremost.
Well yes, I agree with you there. San Francisco's budget could be twice the size and still not improve how dysfunctionally the city is run. As I'll show in future parts of this series, land may be a good way for cities to earn revenue, but the city also has to have masterplanning authority, and a good master planner! Other cities coming up have mastered this part!
Thank you, I am really enjoying this series. And by coincidence also reading Morris’s News from Nowhere this week. I’ve never thought to compare what was happening in London at the time with Boston. This is very helpful.
No way! I love News from Nowhere. Kindred spirits for sure.....