How bad of shape has the US become?

[Benton]

(02-24-2016, 05:15 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: See, I like the idea of the way things are over there. 

Then... move.



Seriously though, you mention transportation and that's one of the biggest reasons. It's hard to get decent data on rural vs. urban because of the way the U.S. Census classifies "urban (a town of a couple thousand can classify as urban regardless of access to amenities like mass transit). But however you look at it, there are too many people spread out across too much of the country for it to work here. When you toss in suburban folks who still have to commute to take part in public transportation, that's another sizable chunk that have to spend income on a car and not higher goods or services.

Plus there's the couple hundred billion the feds and states spend every year on road maintenance.