>>Government services in the U.S. are both bad and expensive. The NYC MTA spends...

enraged_camel on March 21, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but...

>>Government services in the U.S. are both bad and expensive. The NYC MTA spends seven times as much money to build subway per mile than London or Paris.

This has basically nothing to do with the fact that it is government-run.

I don't know if you noticed, but building massive infrastructure cost a shitload of money for private enterprise as well.

ceejayoz on March 22, 2019 [–]

London and Paris both involve massive infrastructure, too.