Why Many Cities Have No Money
I&#x27;ve seen the infrastructure thing come up for awhile now, and it&#x27;s definitely true. In my area, as in others I&#x27;ve read of, they&#x27;re smashing paved roads into gravel roads as the paved are too expensive.<p>The thing that fascinates me is that it feels like a forgone conclusion that infrastructure costs cannot be made cheaper. Have we really hit the most cost effective, cheapest, most sustainable method of laying&#x2F;replacing sewer&#x2F;gas&#x2F;water lines and roads?<p>There&#x27;s no innovation left at all when it comes to making pipes that are more easily replaceable without digging the entire road up? There&#x27;s no brilliant ideas left at all on how to &#x27;pave&#x27; roads so they&#x27;re smooth enough in a way that costs less money, or lasts way longer? Heck, while we&#x27;re talking improvements maybe we should have a way to pave a road such that we don&#x27;t have such massive runoff and its more resilient to minor settling underneath without opening large potholes.<p>I do wonder whether the shit really hitting the fan, and massive chunks of the population having their roads smashed back to gravel might shake a few new ideas out.