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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by maxerickson on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @04:58PM (#14455855)
To me the simpler theory is that the US has been quite wealthy since World War 2 and has lots and lots of space.

Which doesn't mean that building sprawling subdivisions is a great idea, but space is a pretty easy thing to sell.

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by TulliusCicero on Thursday June 01, 2017 @04:34AM (#14458780)
Those things enable sprawl, but they don't force it.
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