One of the services my town provides is crossing guards at most major intersections in town. These people make it safer to cross the street when most motorists would just as soon run you down even when you are in the cross walk. Of course, the main reason for the guards is to provide a greater degree of safety for school age kids who would be in considerable danger without them. The guards I know have been on the job for a number of years and are town residents. Some people don't recognize this as a worthwhile service because they send their children to private schools and are driven there by the au-pair, the butler or whoever.
Another service my town provides are basketball courts, with lights, that gets a lot of use by school age teams during the summer and adults from surrounding towns the rest of the year.
We may complain about the taxes we pay but lets also think of the many services that those taxes-in this case property taxes-provide and make living a little more comfortable.
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