why do infrastructure projects in the United States take so long and so much money to build when Europe seems to get high speed rail and better infrastructure for faster and cheaper?
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All government infrastructure projects are long and difficult. Many problems: contractors raise prices because it’s the government – more flush than any of other client and often more forgiving, building codes are increasingly complex, law is increasingly complex, all relevant land is often owned and expropriation is unpopular and expensive, people get attached to architecture and want to keep it the same, and all undeveloped land is undeveloped because it’s worse land than what is developed.
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