[teacherwoes]

It would be interesting to check in on Connecticut later and see if the new tax base is working or not. But the question that I've never seen answered is "What happens if the new tax base doesn't work out?"

[longtermmemmory]

You get you house back at the same place people go to get back their reputation.

[randog]

But the question that I've never seen answered is "What happens if the new tax base doesn't work out?"

The "tax base" leaves town, i.e. abandons "their property" for the townsfolk to clean up. You see it in your town--abandoned strip malls where pasture used to exist, with a big, empty warehouse-type building with a faded "K-Mart" or "Wal*Mart" stain on it and a bunch of satellite shops surrounding it that used to have upscale businesses ("attractive tax bases"), but are now occupied by arcades and laundromats and need 24x7 police patrols to keep the bums and drug dealers down.