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Worktodo

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2. 50s America saddled us with an unsustainable infrastructure

Reply to luckyleftyme2 (Original post)

Wed Mar 1, 2017, 06:04 AM

Mar 2017

Sad but true. There was a recent article estimating how much infrastructure spending will be required for long term maintenance of a mid sized American city (I think it was Layfette, La) and it's astounding.

Suburban sprawl is just a highly inefficient way of going about civilization.

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what did you think of the president's speech [View all] luckyleftyme2 Mar 2017 OP

I cannot stomach watching him for more than a few minutes at a time. nt SylviaD Mar 2017 #1

50s America saddled us with an unsustainable infrastructure Worktodo Mar 2017 #2

It sounded like a 3rd grader trying to read a speech that was written by a 5th grader! putitinD Mar 2017 #3

I think it sucked ass luvMIdog Mar 2017 #4

I'm disappointed by the glowing reviews. lapucelle Mar 2017 #5

Well said. narnian60 Mar 2017 #6

So where is all of the revenue going to come from to build the wall, democratisphere Mar 2017 #7

The speech exceeded expectations MichMary Mar 2017 #8

I'll try to stay positive as well. billh58 Mar 2017 #9