On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 20:57:07 +0100, Laurence Payne
wrote:

I wouldn't expect non-residents to be EXCUDED from local 'buses etc.

And they're not - but my reference was the lack of timetables, route
maps and comprehensible ticketing (other than singles purchased on
board).

But there's no Holy Writ that locals (or any other group) shouldn't
get a cheaper deal. Last time I was in the U.S. I saw a lot of this
sot of thing. Local facilities such as swimming pools had a
resident's price and an outsider's price. The residents had paid
for it through local taxation - they got a reduction.

This goes along with the whole idea of local taxation, doesn't it?

It does, but I prefer the more "socialist" idea of "you scratch my
back, I'll scratch yours" - for example that I can pay the same rate
as Londoners on their transport, and they can pay the same as me if
they ever visit Milton Keynes (should they want to).

As others have posted, local taxation in this country is regulated to
the point of being a complete sham, anyhow.

Neil

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