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Re:Why American Construction Costs Are So High by icebraining on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @05:53PM (#19315011)
It's not fungible if people are bidding up that land because they expect it to be worth more thanks to the station you'll be building there. Unless of course you are advocating scamming people by claiming you'll build it while already having privately decided not to do so.
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Re:Why American Construction Costs Are So High by conanbatt on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @05:59PM (#19315038)
Its pure trickery: the value of the land is not of the public officials, but by constructing a failed transit center they get to spend billions, while also spending billions raised on sales taxes.

In both situations, the person on the street is stuck with a broken station and paying an extra dollar for coffee everyday.

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