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> Compare this to Austria, where there's a cultural flair for the dramatic (and therefore an eagerness to stand out, even if it's weird) or Switzerland where e
by mhitza 2y ago
> Compare this to Austria, where there's a cultural flair for the dramatic (and therefore an eagerness to stand out, even if it's weird) or Switzerland where enterprises, public or private, are not afraid to place big bets.
Can you call out with some examples for those of us unfamiliar with those 'big bets'?
- bobthepanda 2y agoOne very big bet I would say would be the NRLA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRLA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRLA Switzerland sits between Germany, Italy, and France, and was getting choked by road traffic, so voters have approved the largest tunnels in the world to get goods around and through Switzerland without using roads.
- throwaway2037 2y agoI trade you anecdata for my anecdata: How about the Fehmarn Belt tunnel? Not big enough?
- rrr_oh_man 2y agoPaid for and owned by Denmark :)