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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They almost intentionally make the assertion without investigating the "why", but it's almost certainly the property density.

In the affluent neighbourhoods, a property might be worth twice as much on average but it's on a lot 3x the size with wider and more comfortable streets throughout, likely with significantly more public green spaces.

A community park in an affluent neighborhood costs the city money to maintain, where in a poorer higher density neighborhood it instead would be 30 little houses on it each contributing property taxes.