this is also a larger point about Californian culture. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674868366 …
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California has a deeply separated, privatized built environment where property owners are largely unaware of all
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the various subsidies, tax caps, etc. that are needed to make a sprawling environment like this function.
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we should cancel all roads. What a boondoggle.
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@vpostrel Worth noting that non-mass transit transportation systems (i.e. highways) also receive massive public subsidies. -
and we certainly haven't been supporting those. So maybe we should cancel the highways too! http://la.streetsblog.org/2014/01/08/is-california-ready-to-raise-its-vehicle-license-fees/ …
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@ThinkBiggerSJ Because HSR ticket prices are not as tightly regulated (if at all), it's often expected to cover its opex -
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It's almost as if one would think that absolutely nothing is worth doing unless there's a big, direct profit to be had...
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"Sir, Peter Thiel is on line one..."
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