Is there a case study comparing American and European cities? Reading the article as a European, I do not find anything that is different from Europe. Also, is

Is there a case study comparing American and European cities? Reading the article as a European, I do not find anything that is different from Europe. Also, is going into debt to finance infrastructure really a problem if total debt stays at ~100% of GDP? Overall, the article seems very alarmist ("Something is broken and we all know it.") without any data to back it up.