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The NY Times did an expose on infrastructure expenses and found that France simply uses fewer people to build and doesn’t waste time asking for peoples opinions
by selectodude 3y ago
The NY Times did an expose on infrastructure expenses and found that France simply uses fewer people to build and doesn’t waste time asking for peoples opinions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-construction-costs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-...
- kwhitefoot 3y agoFrance also has half the population density meaning that there are in fact fewer people to ask and fewer people negatively affected (per unit distance of rail for instance).
- jeromegv 3y agoParis Subway construction is much cheaper than anywhere in North America and yet they have a very high population density.
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- selectodude 3y agoCounterpoint: Paris.
- AshamedCaptain 3y agoThese metrics are almost meaningless when you use them this generically -- for the same reason Spain is on the lower end of EU countries ranked by population density yet contains some of the most densely populated regions in all of Europe (as mentioned in the article). Moreso than Paris.
- itsibitzi 3y agoThis tracks. I live very close to several HS2 construction sites in London and frequently see dozens of people just stood around doing nothing.