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bkemp1984Part2 t1_j1hy5am wrote

Reply to comment by I_Enjoy_Beer in Why are Henrico roads so much better? by RefrigeratorRater

A lot of suburbs in the U.S. are going to be facing economic issues as sprawly infrastructure starts to get old, decline, and have less people per unit of area paying in. They'll never face the issues you mentioned with services systems being older than most people alive, but it's going to get interesting for them, especially as many run out of space to be able to keep the growth cycle going.

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KDRadio1 t1_j1ieina wrote

Very true. I moved here recently and came from a city with lots of huge suburbs. Even just replacing the sprinkler system in the 3 parks were blowing the budget apart. Let alone a bunch of other common area issues that are cropping up.

Many cities have fully banked on the associations to do maintenance and code enforcement so it’s not like they can just come in and fix things either. Should be interesting to watch at least.

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