Sorta? My understanding is most of the cost is in regulatory compliance, combined with less exercise of imminent domain. That is, construction was cheaper bac

Sorta? My understanding is most of the cost is in regulatory compliance, combined with less exercise of imminent domain. That is, construction was cheaper back when we had no regard for the people that owned or had interest in the land we were constructing on. The so called "spite mounds" of the Seattle regrade are a good example. Some were literally for an owner that was out of town. Not sure that kind of crap should fly.