I take it that you didn't read the original article ( https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-05-31/the-u-s-has-forgotten-how-to-do-infrastructure https://

I take it that you didn't read the original article ( https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-05-31/the-u-s-has-forgotten-how-to-do-infrastructure https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-05-31/the-u-s-h... ) The article specifically notes that the US pays more for infrastructure than other more heavily NIMBY nations, and pays more than other nations that have more strict land-use laws than the US has.