I live in a Northern Iowa community with over 70 miles of bike trails which I regularly run (about 8 miles/day). I love them, and I appreciate their presence. One thing I have noticed about them though is that they are not very convenient for going to work to the area’s largest employer. I often wonder why the next trail construction project would not make a simple connection to the main trail along a winding road. It is difficult getting by the bikers on this winding road when I go to work.
Our trails are heavily used. I probably saw 30 different people in my 2 hour run yesterday.
Iowa is tax hell, but I would take it over Georgia (I lived in a neighboring state - Tennesee - for five years). My daughters are in a wonderful public school with some of the finest teachers you will ever meet. We sacrificed some to move back home, but I don’t have to worry about dogs everytime I go out to run (a constant problem in Tennessee).
We have a 1% options tax to maintain the roads in our county. We sort of need it given how hard the winter is on roads here.
In my neighborhood, we have hundreds of bike riders who go around in huge packs on Saturday mornings. It’s definitely annoying on these two lane roads.
For some reason, they don’t use the tax trails. I wish they would!
TN has an 8.5 % sales tax and no income tax, so a round trip on you doll is 8.5%. here in ga with a 6% income and 6% sales it's a 12% round trip on your dollar.
My daughters are in a wonderful public school with some of the finest teachers you will ever meet
Sniff sniff I smell something rank here. If you like taxes so much, move to NY you'll really love it there.