It's simple, money rules everything in the US. Homes are investment vehicles above all else and property rights trump all. This is one reason good public transi

It's simple, money rules everything in the US. Homes are investment vehicles above all else and property rights trump all. This is one reason good public transit can't be built and when there are big public works projects, the contractors who win have political connections either through campaign contributions or politicians owning stock. They also know how to game the system and milk the city for money causing massive budget overruns and go way over completion date. See Tutor Perini in California. Auto manufacturers and oil companies have had massive political influence, they've prevented good public transit from being built and they've bought public transit and ripped up the lines or bought bus companies and shut them down. Capitalism, shareholder value, and profit rule everything in the US. And don't even get me started on our foreign policy.