billion in taxes that it sends out to the federal and state governments, that it doesn t get back in receipts. and so what you end up with is these big economic engines, but they don t actually get to keep the wealth they create to build the things we need, great schools, parks, infrastructure and so forth. one of the things i was surprised to read and learn in your book is how cities are far greener than suburbs. and a lot of this happens without city dwellers even meaning to do it. and when you break down the real cost of what it takes one person in a city to run an errand on a subway train already going to run anyway versus having to get in a car, the real cost in the suburbs is far higher, and people in the cities are the eco future of this country. no question. the fact is, if you look at the per capita carbon footprint of a city dweller, it s much lower than folks have to drive to get a quart of milk. and what we re really seeing is that if we actually change the way we subsi
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