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In reply to the discussion: Europeans Are Laughing At U.S.' Decaying & Antiquated Infrastructure, Utilities, Transportation [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)142. That is one hell of an indictment. But quite apt. - n/t
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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