Whenever I see comparisons to European countries, I remind myself that Los Angeles to Boston is a longer drive than Lisbon to Moscow. The amount of infrastructu

Whenever I see comparisons to European countries, I remind myself that Los Angeles to Boston is a longer drive than Lisbon to Moscow. The amount of infrastructure spending which gets poured into largely empty spaces that connect other places is shocking, and not really comparable to most other countries. The long term v short term problem is still very real and unresolved though.