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This is not just an oversimplification, it is also incorrect. Military installations are put in rural areas because nobody wants artillery practice to happen n
by stonogo 9y ago
This is not just an oversimplification, it is also incorrect. Military installations are put in rural areas because nobody wants artillery practice to happen near their houses. That money comes from the DoD, not generally classed as 'infrastructure spending.'
Futhermore, all interstate freeways are built with federal investment, and HUD is heavily involved in funding development of low-income housing nationwide -- this is also subject to staggering amounts of NIMBYism. Mass transit is even worse -- there are major American cities who want to build, and have lined up federal funding, only to be blocked by state government intervention on behalf of more NIMBY. Baltimore's Red Line is the most recent example of this that springs to mind.
So yes, this is very much a problem for city and state politics to solve -- the federal government can't invest without their cooperation.
As for comparisons to Asian cities, I can only thank God that we don't handle our development that way here. Our rural residents have enough problems without repeating the mistakes of India here.
- chrischen 9y agoI’m not sure you can bundle India with the likes of Japan. Two totally different levels of development.
- wemdyjreichert 9y agoFor what it's worth, Japan is hardly a model. Huge suicide rates and elderly so lonely they turn to petty crime just so the can go to prison, along with a rapidly aging and shrinking population. A lesson, yes; a model, no.
- eecsninja 9y agoI wish people would stop spreading these half truths about Japan. Japan's suicide rate is not significantly higher than that of Finland, Argentina, and the USA. South Korea is the one developed Asian country that has a notably high suicide rate.[1] And yes Japan's population is shrinking and aging, but that is mostly a rural/inaka phenomenon. Tokyo is actually growing in population and manages to have lower rents than SF, NYC, London, and HK. Not to mention a meticulously run rail system that puts the NYC MTA to shame. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide...
- chrischen 9y agoThey do not have significantly higher suicide rates. Please provide evidence. While I’m sure you can find anecdotes about elders turning to petty crime, I can find anecdotes of people not doing that in Japan. It’d be pointless. What I can do however is provide a chart of crime in the US vs crime in Japan, but then you may as well look at just a US crime chart since Japan’s line would be imperceptible.
- jimrandomh 9y agoActually, we have repeated the mistakes of India. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2017/04/twisted-tale-rent-control-maximum-city.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2017/04/tw...
- mieseratte 9y ago> Military installations are put in rural areas because nobody wants artillery practice to happen near their houses. Reminds me of the cheeky MCAS Beaufort slogan, "The Noise You Hear, is the Sound of FREEDOM."