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>It seems a very bad sign that a large project in the USA is so difficult It's not just this one project, it's all the infrastructure in the US. It's horrific
by magduf 8y ago
>It seems a very bad sign that a large project in the USA is so difficult
It's not just this one project, it's all the infrastructure in the US. It's horrifically expensive to build (compared to countries like Germany and Japan, which themselves are not low-cost-of-living places), it takes forever to build, there's massive cost overruns, etc. America is really just politically broken and unable to build the infrastructure it needs to continue as a world-leading economy.
- yostrovs 8y agoSomehow America continues to be a world-leading economy, with a growth rate considerably better than that of Europe with its high speed rail. Can you name a large European company formed in the last decade or two that's dominating anything at all in this world? Something like Google or Facebook or Uber or Airbnb or Stripe?
- Fins 8y agoThe cynic in me says that all of these companies (maybe except Stripe, not familiar enough with them to know if they are embroiled in anything shady) are far to cavalier with privacy, legality, and generally common decency to fly anywhere else.
- acchow 8y agoTrue. The eastern section of the bay bridge was originally estimated to cost $250 million. It ended up costing $6.5 billion.