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> Residents interested in adding vacant lots or side lots to their properties objected that those additions would have increased their tax bills as if there were a house on the added land, even if it was just an empty lot.

From https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-short-life-of-pennsyl....

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That's an upside, not a downside.

Yes, LOL.

It's a "local" downside, but if you subscribe to the land tax idea, it's part of the process. These same people could just build "up" on their property, instead. But they want to cut grass.

FTA:

> The bigger immediate benefit, though, comes from reducing taxes on most [Detroit] residents. The city argues that 97% of homeowners will get a tax cut. Lower tax rates on improvements ought to encourage people to invest in properties

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