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It is significantly simpler to build a local road on the land owned by people who want that road, than it is to eminent domain your way across the country, figh
by xyzzyz 5y ago
It is significantly simpler to build a local road on the land owned by people who want that road, than it is to eminent domain your way across the country, fighting hostile property owners you’re confiscating, NIMBYists, environmental activists etc.
- ashtonkem 5y agoThat’s a good theory, until you investigate the fate of light rail in most American cities. By your theory light rail should be easy to build; it’s built by local authorities for local consumption. Yet, most of these projects fail to a combination of local incompetence and NIMBY action.