Some asshole in the 1950s had to decide to build giant interstates instead of railways, and worst of all have the interstates cut directly through the cities. Single family zoning, minimum parking requirements, highways through cities, and lack of driving alternatives are one reason why I really hate NIMBYs

 

Pic rel is an atlanta highway interchange right next to the city of Florence

 

wow, you really love mill valley

 

Also cars > railways unfortunately because people are disgusting creatures who ruin everything that is open for the public, except in japan, korea and singapore maybe...

Here if I wanted to visit my hypothetical grandmother who lives 100km away and used public transport because I'm hypothetically a pleb and don't own a car I'd have to sit in train for 6 hours. So, I guess your infrastructure is still better.

 

Wtf, US is too low IQ to build ringroads?

shitty infrastructure is the norm here

Mexico is an underdeveloped country through, and should not be held to the same standards as the developed world. The reason why US planning is so horrible is because the US is the richest country in the world and should at least have a functioning rail and transit system in/between big cities.

 

I'm sure most Mexican cities don't have enough money to spend on public works when they need to fight the cartels

The real division, you will learn, is not between underdeveloped and developed countries, but between old world and new world.

A lot of shit makes much more sense when you stop trying to shoehorn the "developed world" "muh GDP" thinking into everything and just accept: rootless communities are shit at self-organisation.

 

See also: violent crime rates

they could have it if it wasn't because our goverment steals the money of public works.

 

for example in Argentina Kirtchner (maybe that's not how you spell her name), would do public works and then the companies that would do those works would be friends of her that would use way more money than it should be used, and of course most of that money wasn't even used for the public work, but it would go straight up to the wallets of politicians.

 

The current goverment (Amlo) is starting to do this with a lot of frequency, even Peña Nieto had moderation when it comes about stealing money but if this old man that speaks like he haves brain damage keeps wasting the money by giving it to his "friends" we are just gonna have the same economy as argentina in a few years.

that's true.

For an American, 100 years is a long time.

For a European, 100 miles is a long distance.

 

You are the cringiest , OP

Peak american moment.

You don't know suffering until you've driven across Canada.

I'd drive out of Bolan if I were to drive 710 km :---DDD

I've taken Amtrak from Chicago to New Mexico.

 

R8