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The problem with rivers is that there are cities all along them. I can’t even imagine the cost.
by amanaplanacanal 4y ago
The problem with rivers is that there are cities all along them. I can’t even imagine the cost.
- brudgers 4y agoAt 1000 miles, the cost of any corridor from the Rockies to the Mississippi is pretty much unimaginable anyway, so why not fantasize about the right way of doing things? Or to put it another way, the distance itself is beyond what people tend to imagine. And any route across the Great Plains is going to run across prime farmland.
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoFarmland is a lot cheaper than any land in a city.
- fijiaarone 4y agoUntil you take away the farmland. Then the land in cities becomes worthless.
- brudgers 4y agoPrime farmland is not as cheap as is ordinarily imagined. In part because it’s value is based on the income it generates and in part because revenue generation means it is often not for sale since selling means finding another investment with similar properties.