https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/construction-costs-around-the-world https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/construction-cost... https://www.vox.

https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/construction-costs-around-the-world https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/construction-cost... https://www.vox.com/22534714/rail-roads-infrastructure-costs-america https://www.vox.com/22534714/rail-roads-infrastructure-costs... It's funny that we talk about manufacturing "dying" while productivity is still very high. Meanwhile, the construction industry is actually foundering and we shrug. "Guess China is buying all the cement." Which cannot explain international disparities at all. We can build small projects out of wood just fine. But those smaller projects need to be supported by larger projects: airports, hospitals, roads. Our existing concrete (literally) infrastructure is overburdened, which drives voter demand for restrictions on move-ins. Stop moving to Atlanta, stop moving to Austin, stop moving to Sussex County, Delaware. We shouldn't be overwhelmed every time a city grows. Wonks blame the voters, voters blame the wonks, a bridge in Pittsburgh falls into a river. The history of many cities shows periods of rapid growth far exceeding Austin over the last decade. San Francisco's population grew by >20% every decade from 1850 to 1930. There is no general rule that says growing cities must be so expensive. It's a phenomenon in the US, right now, not everywhere, all the time.