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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] flipht@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We have backlogged projects, let alone maintenance on existing infrastructure, not even getting to the costs of upgrading ancient infrastructure - a lot of municipalities still use clay pipes.

Right now deferred maintenance is roughly a trillion dollars.