If you scroll up, you&#x27;ll see a less detailed comparison to Singapore, Hong Kong and Hungary. The former two are about as wealthy as the US, so if we pay more for labor that&#x27;s only because the MTA wastefully funnels money to it&#x27;s workers.<p>I discussed Delhi mainly because I know it well.<p>That said, if we can hire Indian workers and have them build our subways at lower cost, we should absolutely do this. I&#x27;m sure this helped keep Dubai&#x27;s cost down. Then again, it doesn&#x27;t seem necessary; Barcelona built a subway at $39M&#x2F;km.