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It was a bad application of country. How do you feel about "An economically challenging location with weaker supply chain, infrastructure and potentially lower
by ggm 2y ago
It was a bad application of country.
How do you feel about "An economically challenging location with weaker supply chain, infrastructure and potentially lower compliance to standards in engineering."
The GDP of Puerto Rico overall in 1960 was $1.6b. You would expect about 20x growth over the time window, and its more like 100x.
No disrespect to Puerto Ricans intended.
- omegaworks 2y ago[flagged]
- ggm 2y agoNot denying this, but I am unsure that plays to why Arecibo might have had baked in issues. I was trying to talk to the economics behind potentially weaker construction than expected. I'm told Brazilia has mighty fine buildings, but there are maintenance issues with doing Niemeyer's vision in the Jungle. Le Corbusier's designs for New Delhi certainly had their challenges. So, I don't know that "colonialism" is the root problem here but perhaps it is?