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Everything takes forever in the US now, and California especially. We built an entire interstate highway system in the 50s in the same amount of time it takes u
by suzzer99 3y ago
Everything takes forever in the US now, and California especially. We built an entire interstate highway system in the 50s in the same amount of time it takes us now to build 10 miles of carpool lane in LA.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoIn LA only half that planned system was built due to protests over how it was planned to be built (eminent domain through populated neighborhoods). So even back then, it is false to say these things were easy, they ran out of political will within a few years of construction.
- dreamcompiler 3y agoThe interstate highway system was started in the 50s. It wasn't declared complete until 1992. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System
- saagarjha 3y agoTo be fair, people tend to have more expectations of a partially open freeway.
- mschuster91 3y agoUnlike the 50s, society now takes at least a bit of care about environmental impact or the rights of minorities and financially disadvantaged people. We don't just go and bulldoze through entire city quarters primarily inhabited by poor Black people any more [1]. [1] https://www.history.com/news/interstate-highway-system-infrastructure-construction-segregation https://www.history.com/news/interstate-highway-system-infra...