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Why do people subscribe to the myth that US infrastructure is bad? I am Danish and was on a road trip from Houston to LA, to Caspar WY, to Denver CO in 2017 and
by sword_smith 7y ago
Why do people subscribe to the myth that US infrastructure is bad? I am Danish and was on a road trip from Houston to LA, to Caspar WY, to Denver CO in 2017 and the roads we were driving on were excellent. Better than even the German highways which are some of the best roads in Europe. Is it the construction lobby that wants more funding and creates this narrative?
- Redoubts 7y agoIf your interest in infrastructure begins and ends with cars, then the USA won't disappoint.
- Aperocky 7y agoTBH that's the American definition of infrastructure anyways.
- osdiab 7y agoThe utter lack of public transit is my main issue. Even the cities that have some tend to be very unreliable. Though to your point, interstates tend to be pretty good, but but a lot of random cities’ surface streets can be pretty bad, there have been public health scares like the lead contamination in Flint, Michigan, and there was a often cited report by the American Society of Civil Engineers that rated the USA poorly on its infrastructure [1]. [1] https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/ https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/
- xeromal 7y agoPeople on Reddit and Hackernews seem to be mostly pessimistic. I agree with you. Yeah, we have potholes in places and old bridges that need repair, but we managed to put roads across the entirety of the US in a 100 years. Most of the shitty roads I've seen in the states are in the cities where there are loads of traffic. I'm not really bothered by it.