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In reply to the discussion: Europeans Are Laughing At U.S.' Decaying & Antiquated Infrastructure, Utilities, Transportation [View all]NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)49. Wrong Article. I was discussing the OP's article. As is the rest of the thread. nt
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AVERAGE: Being intermediate between extremes, as on a scale. Admire the George Washington Bridge, built in 1927. Or the Brooklyn bridge.
My whole reply was about the old age of our cities and the never needing to just tear it up and start over, naturally with New York in mind. Also about power lines, which is a topic near and dear to me for obvious recent reasons.
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Europeans Are Laughing At U.S.' Decaying & Antiquated Infrastructure, Utilities, Transportation [View all]
amborin
Nov 2012
OP
when austerity eats their ass, bring them back and let me hear them laugh.
HereSince1628
Nov 2012
#1
They'll probably fix their problems before we fix ours because they believe in science
MightyMopar
Nov 2012
#2
Sure, Eastern European countries that you list...but what about the Western European
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#74
Ah yes, those odd trajectories. Like Germany's rise to 3rd largest exporter in the world
Doremus
Nov 2012
#77
gee there's a lot of that going around. most glaringly, the tendency to pursue
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#54
So austerity is going to cause them to dig up their power lines and junk their trains for
Lydia Leftcoast
Nov 2012
#31
We had one of those in my neighborhood a few days ago! In the middle of the morning (after the
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#159
I remember an article in Scientific American years ago where some hotshot in...
TreasonousBastard
Nov 2012
#133
And he probably wasn't thinking of Spain, Portugal and parts of Italy like Sicily.
Kaleva
Nov 2012
#20
I suspect that even the southern, historically more impoverished regions of those countries
Surya Gayatri
Nov 2012
#30
Some of the fastest internet on the planet is in eastern Europe, putting even the west to shame.
MichaelMcGuire
Nov 2012
#153
Wish I had a link, but am anecdote will have to suffice - 30,000 utility workers, mostly
Flatulo
Nov 2012
#99
key word *systematically*. Because they're disinvesting in the US & sucking out
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#23
It also incentives the activities of vulture funds, according to david stockman. which means the
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#41
And when I was in Denmark, I saw ads for broadband fiberglass Internet for the equivalent of
Lydia Leftcoast
Nov 2012
#33
It's the result of private sector 'free market' economies, instead of govt run economies of scale.
ancianita
Nov 2012
#50
I left the US to live in Europe in the late 70s. A couple of years earlier,
Surya Gayatri
Nov 2012
#135
Ah, to live in France! I've visited several times, and think it has everything!
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#85
That's OK, we have other ways. we just declare war on the people, with the same
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#24
Got nothing to do with you being a woman, just your writing stupid things.
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#127
My point about US infrastructure being behind European infrastructure due to WWII
demhottie
Nov 2012
#128
You called me dumb and said I should be watching the Real Housewives because you're a sexist pig
demhottie
Nov 2012
#134
If you are really an attorney then you know the difference between writing
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#136
I'm so happy that you were not disappointed. If you go looking for offense,
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#146
not where i live, they're not. nor in the country as a whole. the average age of a
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#34
"the average age of an American bridge is 42" -- where does it say "in ny & the NE"?
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#45
Wrong Article. I was discussing the OP's article. As is the rest of the thread. nt
NutmegYankee
Nov 2012
#49
I saw that & appended my post. average age of bridge in new york state, for example,
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#51
nyc = not spread out. & little difference between nyc and say paris in that regard --
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#58
well, i agree with you there. but my post was to counter the idea that somehow
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#69
I LOVE Europe, BUT! There's money when you don't support a major military presence.
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#19
our infrastructure is decaying because the ruling class has been disinvesting in the
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#22
Ask New York City about their aquaducts that bring drinking water from the mountains upstate.
byeya
Nov 2012
#36
They won't be laughing if on a visit here a bridge they are crossing collapses under them. It's no
Raine
Nov 2012
#37
for the same incomprehensible reasons that detroit continued making big honkers
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#43
Mister, you really have to keep up! You should get a passport and do some travel and really
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#80
"defending Europe"? Hardly. Protecting U.S. corporate interests? More likely.
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#84
The Marshall Plan helped Europe from 1948 to 1952. They have done well since the end
pampango
Nov 2012
#150
"white flight" was engineered. just as "white return/gentrification" is being engineered.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#95
gentrification = ethnic & class cleansing in the cities, ghettos in the suburbs.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#105
no, it doesn't mean diversity, and you can prove it yourself by looking at the increased
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#111
No, spending over 50% of all our revenues on corporate welfare for the last 60 years
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#117
it's not so much they can't afford to sprawl; they have urban planning policies against it, to prote
amborin
Nov 2012
#137
Fair point. Instead of concentrating their wealth on creating billionaires through corporate welfare
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#119
i very well remember that mentality and the absolute *stupidity* of americans
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#113
So DU'ers just lap this shit up... There was a HUGE power outage in Europe in 06.
KittyWampus
Nov 2012
#130
LOL! You think that's the only power failure in Europe? It was the 1st on google
KittyWampus
Nov 2012
#160
And yet the fact remains that American infrastructure sucks quite a bit more on average
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2012
#164
Okay, now I'll just post a bunch of other European power outages.... Denmark
KittyWampus
Nov 2012
#161
Message to Europe: America is fully prepared to litigate over the crumbling of our infrastructure!
DreamGypsy
Nov 2012
#152