What really makes this metaphor is the fact that the most economically parasitic suburbs are literally called "bedroom communities" https://twitter.com/_wayneburkett/status/1278534111754424320?s=20 …
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Wait, the U.S. tax system is based on postcode?? Jesus Like, we have local councils here in Aus but I'm pretty sure the taxation system here only cares what state we live in
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Yes, it varies from place to place but most major cities have local taxes you pay on top of your state taxes, and people's resistance to this is what created the legal definition of suburbs OP was talking about (drawing an arbitrary line past which you don't pay those taxes)
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