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The US has a lot of infrastructure that was built around the same time period. That is why so much of it is reaching its end-of-life around the same time. The r

The US has a lot of infrastructure that was built around the same time period. That is why so much of it is reaching its end-of-life around the same time. The replacement phase for all of this infrastructure has not necessarily been planned for well, but we will have to see how it plays out. China has built at an even more aggressive pace and scale. It has built an unprecedented amount of infrastructure in an unbelievably short amount of time. That infrastructure will reach end-of-life all around the same time. It's likely going to end up as an infrastructure crisis at a level beyond what the US is suffering from now.

crusty 5y ago
"That infrastructure will reach end-of-life all around the same time." ... Not including the shoddy construction that seems to reach end-of-life almost immediately. *I am not claiming that all Chinese construction is shoddy, but adherence to code in building is clearly a significant issue and the only way it won't have multiplying effects to cost are if the only goal was the economic activity of the construction process and not at all the constructed result of the process.