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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by justinator on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @01:51PM (#14454493)
Perhaps also Back In The Day, Big Picture things were over-engineered.

I guess also, ever do a home renovation on a house > 40 years old? You usually walk into a disaster of things not up to code. These days, it would just be done correctly, just as cheap as possible, and not built to last. Most recent housing developments near here are just ways for developers to make money and run, as the infrastructure (housing, not utilities, etc) is not going to last all that long. The developers don't care - they'll be enjoying their profits States away, as the city that is home to their developments are quickly crumbling.

Not that I'm bitter on the changing landscape of my city, or anything. But a housing boom has dark sides.

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by moojah on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @05:47PM (#14456198)
To be fair, houses and engineering projects in the olden days probably suffered from exactly the same problems. I've read multiple accounts of people complaining about just this in the late 1800s in the UK...
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