The Cost Of Residential Growth

University of Kentucky study examines how it costs residents of a county if new residents move in.

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October 5, 2001, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"City folks who move to the country 'to get away from it all' often do so at a price - to their new neighbors.That's one conclusion of a University of Kentucky study that estimates what it would cost a family of four if 1,000 new residents moved into its home county and the government there had to provide more services, such as police and fire protection.The study was commissioned by Gov. Paul Patton's Smart Growth Task Force and based in part on how much the counties' per-capita costs to provide services increased between 1987 and 1997."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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