One of Californicatia's infamous potholes...
Posted on 02/07/2018 10:10:59 AM PST by SeekAndFind
I’ve been to several 3rd world sh**hole countries. What little infrastructure they have IS crumbling. Not here.
Nancy Pelosi needs those crumbs!!!
It is crumbling in Blue states..
Upstate NY.
I’ve spent quite a bit of time in Europe: compared to Germany (which has its own problems), much of the US looks like a 3rd World sh*thole.
California’s infrastructure is crumbling. I couldn’t believe the state of the roadways the last I drive there. Given the tax rates in California, you’d think the streets would be paved in gold. I guess it’s one way for the greenies to ensure people limit their driving...
“It is crumbling in Blue states..”
I guess so. We drove from Reno to LA last spring. When we hit the California border, the quality of the road went down a couple notches and stayed that way for the rest of the trip.
Probably a better description is “aging” infrastructure. Bonneville Dam, for example, built on the Columbia River, is over 80 years old. Designed to last 50. Still in service. But it gets more and more expensive to maintain as it get older. Fortunately that example makes money by selling energy. Plus much of this older infrastructure was not design to be seismic resistance. Same is true of many bridges, substations, dams, locks, levees,........
So I agree it is not crumbling, but that does not mean it does not need a significant investment. Nothing last forever.
Kansas city is the poster child. For six years we traveled there on school trips (Skills USA Nationals) and to get from the hotel to the convention center by car (across the street walking) you had to drive 6 blocks by detours.
Some northern states are in bad shape. Through their own fault I will add - plenty of dishonest politicians.
Unions don’t help either.
A lot of what makes up the infrastructure is not government owned and operated.
The electrical grid and pipelines are part of that privately owned infrastructure.
Some states do have road and bridge issues.
That has more to do with states spending the money on other things.
Very true.
And if we boot half the illegals we should boot, we’ll have a lot less congestion from the roads to hospitals and schools.
Then we can simply use our current spending level to upgrade what we have, rather than primarily engage in expanding capacity.
Deficient is a better word. Other than our power grid, the deficiency varies across the country. Some of which is self inflicted based on poor choices, (a certain dam in CA comes to mind.) What and why vary greatly.
Always follow the money. Example: South Carolina recently increased their gas tax after pleas about crumbling roads. The end result is spending on new roads, not needed repairs.
100 bridges in each congressional district are identified as crumbling. That is 43,500 bridges nationally.
At some point some idiot will drive an over-loaded truck on one of these bridges and subsequently lives will be lost.
How much money should be spend to fix 43,500 bridges to prevent this loss of life? Should it be equal to the amount of money we spent to send someone to the backside of the moon?
Should it equal the money spent on fighting the flue outbreak?
Should it equal the money in a tax cut?
Should we spare no expense until all bridges and all infrastructure is above average?
New Jersey has some of the nicest highways I’ve ever seen. Going to Upstate New York is great. Just another idiotic statement by a red stater but that’s come to be normal here. And with every stupid comment I regret less and less not having visited the midwest or south more often.
One of Californicatia's infamous potholes...
Yes, security and hardiness is an issue, no question.
I think it varies by state and city...
The NYC subway needs revamping badly in my opinion. For starters.
I drive L.A. streets everyday and notice unpaved, pot-holed neglect.
East Asia (S. Korea/Japan/Hong Kong) , Scandinavia, and the oil-rich Middle East countries are very well maintained, solid public transport, nice airports, etc...from the little I’ve observed or been told.
The Moscow metro underground is a wonder.
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