That's how externalities work. It isn't particularly a 'fine dependence' or driving people toward owning massive quantities of land. If you buy those things then you paid for them and for them to keep their value you must maintain them. If you believe you can do this at a lower price than the state, more power to you. Rent gets paid whether it is publicly collected or privately captured. The point is that when you -don't- own them but benefit from the work of others, you should pay for them.
Edward Treadwell, the biographer of Henry Miller, the "Cattle King", noted: "for the smaller farmer irrigation districts are essential, but for the large landowners and cattlemen, they were deemed a menace. They compelled development... they transferred control from the large landholder to the populace. They invaded the liberty of action on which the land barons prospered."
The Chamber of Commerce in Modesto in the same year stated, "as a result of the exemption of improvements many of the large ranches have been cut up and sold in small tracts. The new owners are cultivating these farms intensively. The population of both country and city has increased... the new system of taxation has brought great prosperity to our district. Farmers are now encouraged to improve their property. Industry and thrift are not punished by an increase in taxes."
Fred Foldvary has an interesting paper called "Walt Disney World as a Rent-Funded Community" https://cooperative-individualism.org/foldvary-fred_walt-dis... in which he notes, "WDW obviously has had an impact on the development of Central Florida. The population in the greater Orlando area grew from 30,000 in 1965 to 450,000 in 1970 and 1.1 million in 1990. The labor force grew from 186,000 to 620,000 (Facts and Figures, 1990). With this growth, WDW has induced an increased land value in the area, but the surrounding developments in turn increase the value of its land, hence it is an open question how large the value received from external developments is, relative to the value exported to the region."
There's no secret power associated with 'buying up surrounding land and public works'. The cost and benefit are proportional, paying a tax or paying for the capital costs/upkeep/maintenance are commensurate.
As noted in https://www.henrygeorge.org/caldes.htm
Edward Treadwell, the biographer of Henry Miller, the "Cattle King", noted: "for the smaller farmer irrigation districts are essential, but for the large landowners and cattlemen, they were deemed a menace. They compelled development... they transferred control from the large landholder to the populace. They invaded the liberty of action on which the land barons prospered."
The Chamber of Commerce in Modesto in the same year stated, "as a result of the exemption of improvements many of the large ranches have been cut up and sold in small tracts. The new owners are cultivating these farms intensively. The population of both country and city has increased... the new system of taxation has brought great prosperity to our district. Farmers are now encouraged to improve their property. Industry and thrift are not punished by an increase in taxes."
Fred Foldvary has an interesting paper called "Walt Disney World as a Rent-Funded Community" https://cooperative-individualism.org/foldvary-fred_walt-dis... in which he notes, "WDW obviously has had an impact on the development of Central Florida. The population in the greater Orlando area grew from 30,000 in 1965 to 450,000 in 1970 and 1.1 million in 1990. The labor force grew from 186,000 to 620,000 (Facts and Figures, 1990). With this growth, WDW has induced an increased land value in the area, but the surrounding developments in turn increase the value of its land, hence it is an open question how large the value received from external developments is, relative to the value exported to the region."
There's no secret power associated with 'buying up surrounding land and public works'. The cost and benefit are proportional, paying a tax or paying for the capital costs/upkeep/maintenance are commensurate.