Quote (Gastly @ Nov 1 2016 11:43pm)
I do not see how this article answers any of the question that I posed. Perhaps some commentary about large scale infrastructural investments should rather be in order instead of talk about one isolated incident which supposedly is supposed to prove something. In the best case there could even be a comment or two about the actual realities of large scale infrastructural renovation and/or creation.
In any case - I'm more than willing to admit that I'd find it for the better if all communities were able to afford the living standards of middle class suburbs, if that is what you are referring to.
That article went over libertarians and infrastructure projects (both present and future with a public works building and water mains), and generally speaking, most infrastructure is already built by private companies (though admittedly with public funding). Are you also suggesting that in the free market, companies don't make millions, and even billions in investments? The 4 largest wireless carriers spent 55 billion dollars improving their networks in 2015. Are those networks not "roads of the internet?"
Crystal MN is an inner ring suburb, which in the Minneapolis area does not generally equate to "middle class suburb," the area is becoming an expansion of Minneapolis itself, with poorer minorities moving in from the city. It would be more accurate to describe it as low-middle class at best, and yet they have a cash reserve 25% higher per capita than neighboring Minneapolis, even after drawing on it like the article notes. Does cash reserves suggest a better tax base, or better management to you?
Quote (balrog66 @ Nov 5 2016 07:45am)
LOOOOL!
This post was edited by Santara on Nov 5 2016 07:22am