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How do the interstate highways increase the cost of living? They would seem to make it cheaper to transport goods via road and faster to transport people betwee

• asciilifeform 17y ago
  > How do the interstate highways increase the cost of living? 1) It killed the railroads. Rail is a fundamentally more efficient form of transportation than the truck, and thus adds less cost to pass on to consumers. 2) It allowed long commutes to become expected.
  • psyklic 17y ago
    Maybe they increased the cost of living, but they dramatically increased the quality of life ...
    • asciilifeform 17y ago
      > they dramatically increased the quality of life Pray tell, how?