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"it has always been jarring to come home to the US, often from much poorer countries — in this case Bulgaria — to find that our infrastructure is infinitely wor
by tjansen 3y ago
"it has always been jarring to come home to the US, often from much poorer countries — in this case Bulgaria — to find that our infrastructure is infinitely worse"
In a way, the infrastructure is poorer because the US are richer. Better infrastructure means higher taxes, which not only cost money, but incentive. With enough money you can overcome the issues of poor infrastructure. Bad public transport? Uber is even better than good public transport. Bad roads? Buy a better car. Homeless in the city? Get a huge house in the suburbs.
- steveBK123 3y agoA lot of people think "suburbs bad" but really its more a side effect to how decentralized the US is, politically and economically. There's a wide range of population centers and surrounding suburbs with their own economies that flourish. We are not like your typical Western European country (or Japan) that has 1 city containing the national government, best colleges, and biggest companies in the economy. So there's a relief valve at the top whereby anyone of even moderate means can relocate themselves to follow the money / their passion / whatever.