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What happened to U.S. public infrastructure?

octor_stranger Sunday, August 03, 2025

Where is the high-speed bullet train, the high-power dam, and the new skyscraper? It seems like U.S. public infrastructure peaked in the '90s and has stopped developing.

When I was a kid, I always looked up to the U.S. as a modern, first-world country. I thought they had to keep developing—but it seems like everything peaked in the '90s and 2000s and then just stopped. Now, the U.S. mostly consists of rural areas, rows of private houses, a Walmart here and there, and massive highways. That’s it. What happened?

US was ahead of the world 25 years ago, it supposed to be ahead of the world 25 years as of right now but we don't see it's the case anymore compare other country similar in size like China.

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