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words , the degree of cross - subsidization of the residential sector by the other land use sectors is <br /> significantly more modest in Chatham County than in other locations . <br /> As was stressed at the outset, some degree of subsidization of certain land uses by other <br /> land uses is .to be expected in virtually every community . The distribution of revenues and <br /> expenditures among various land uses in Chatham County that has been computed here is based <br /> on current land patterns in the county . Determining whether or not this relatively balanced <br /> distribution is appropriate — either now or in the future — is an issue that can only be resolved in <br /> the local political arena. <br /> 7 <br />