I'm suggesting the two might be pretty indistinguishable, other than the bit I mentioned.
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> everything always in great shape, but you're always having to deal with construction-generated congestion.
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u already know which I prefer
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I have never seen a Japanese city without a flock of construction cranes dotting its skyline
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all those robots gonna need housing in the 2050s
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that's the thing tho! their largest cities are STILL GROWING even while the countryside empties out
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frankly i'm hoping changing tech & economy in US will let people disperse into small rural communities
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wouldn't count on it--decentralization = stagnation and vice versa (see: Fall of the Western Roman Empire)
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> were impossible in the past. Most of the physical labor people used to do in the same space will wind up being automated.
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> public unions. Here, they do the job, we overpay them ("cost overruns" & other accepted bs), they barely work - no real inconvenience to >
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> anyone else, until roads need, essentially, total replacement. In japan, they also overpay, but require the work to be done nonstop, so >
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friend who visited japan suggested there are two ways of getting public works done - basically two ways of responding to extortion by >
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