There's plenty of investments. It's called suburban sprawl, and some people even think it's a tax ponzi scheme.
2 of the 3 subway systems in NYC were built by private companies.
It was only later that all were merged into one publicly-managed one.
Re:The case for banning non-competes
by barry-cotter on Friday July 16, 2021 @08:37PM
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That was also when expansion basically stopped.
Now, it's trendy to view any investment by democratic government as wasteful, and to reduce the taxes by which the community makes that investment to nothing.
What will happen to future generations, who have us as their forbears rather than the visionary New Yorkers.