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Post by backscratches » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC

esbranson wrote: post #90

backscratches wrote: post #87

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Name a single metropolitan area in the US with infrastructure on par with any single European one.

New York City. Compared to small cities like London, Paris, or Rome there are areas where it's not on par, but its multimodal transport, energy, heating, water, sanitation systems is larger and more comprehensive than most cities in Europe.

Post by backscratches » Wed, May 06, 2026, 10:15 AM UTC

esbranson wrote: post #92

backscratches wrote: post #91

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We have to pick some metrics, but I bet per capita buses and train cars are dwarfed by even cities well below the tiers you listed compared to NYC.

Buses and train cars are a small part of infrastructure, regardless of whether it's the only part of infrastructure certain information ecosystems speak to. But sure. $30 billion per year over many decades for those parts, in one city, provides pretty extensive systems that don't even make sense in smaller cities. > I bet per capita buses and train cars are dwarfed by even cities well below the tiers And I will find…