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TallDave2

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    Comment #17551961

    Great example... there was also an effort to expand the Tappan Zee bridge from the 1950s, adding a couple lanes was going to cost 5-10x the original iirc. https://en.wikipedia.org/…

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    Comment #17545051

    As with most projects from that era, the environmental impact study/mitigation for such an effort today would probably cost more than the entire original project, even in real doll…

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    Comment #17545010

    Unfortunately a lot of times those "investments" probably actually provide less value than they cost to maintain, let alone to build and maintain, particularly HSR which is general…

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    Comment #17544930

    Gini implicitly assumes a flat distribution is desirable. Ask North Korea and Cuba how that works out. PPP GDP per capita is okay, but the PPP portion is rife with assumptions, som…

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    Comment #17544869

    Ordos is actually still pretty ghosty. 153K people seems great until you realize it was built for several times that many. http://www.businessinsider.com/ordos-china-ghost-town-201…