I hate these comparisons. What's the marginal benefit to New York for gutting its public transit system to build one as nice as Bangkok? What's the marginal ben

I hate these comparisons. What's the marginal benefit to New York for gutting its public transit system to build one as nice as Bangkok? What's the marginal benefit to Chicago of gutting O'Hare to build a new airport comparable to Beijing's? Answer: not a lot. On the other hand, Shenzhen needed to build a new airport relatively recently to accommodate their rapid economic growth. So, they were able to tap all of the new design and building techniques that have been learned in the 70 years since the United States went through its airport boom. And the fact of the matter is capacity and necessity are what should drive the creation and updating of airports--not some inferiority complex about some other city's being nicer.