The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure

Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by ShannonAlther on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @06:24PM (#14456415)

If I had the choice to go live in Manhattan and not have a car vs. live somewhere else and be obligated to own a car I would choose Manhattan in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, I can't do that (and even if I could, most people cannot).

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by CydeWeys on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @06:29PM (#14456444)

I'm curious as to why you truly can't do it. Obviously not everyone can, but most individual cases likely can. It's more that you choose not to, which is still perfectly valid.

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by Decade on Thursday June 01, 2017 @02:56AM (#14458468)

Can’t live in Manhattan? Because NIMBY housing policies prevent Manhattan from growing.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/19/upshot/forty-...

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by CydeWeys on Thursday June 01, 2017 @08:48AM (#14459768)

I don't disagree that zoning policies need reforming, but that just makes living here more expensive, not impossible.

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by Decade on Thursday June 01, 2017 @10:49AM (#14460702)

If there are fewer places to live than people who need to live there, then having a place for everyone is impossible. In a shortage, all housing is luxury housing.

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by CydeWeys on Thursday June 01, 2017 @11:06AM (#14460843)

No one's talking about everyone though, just one person who is a HN reader.

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by ShannonAlther on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @06:36PM (#14456481)

I'm not American, sadly. I'm from Ontario. You're right, it's not literally impossible but it's way more effort and time than it would be worth.

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