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Originally Posted by ChargerCarl
What have I dodged? I've pointed out several times that nobody really knows what exactly drives high costs. It's a topic that hasn't been researched. The fact that Spain could build like 18 miles of subway for the cost of NYC planning and utility relocation of one small line is, well, shocking.
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I'm sure a lot of people understand, but it's not politically expedient to point out what the issues are since a lot of them are due to the politicians themselves.
As for union labor rates I supervise union labor in New Jersey and many of the people I supervise make over $200,000 a year (including overtime of course). I doubt people in Spain are making anything close to that. New York does have some unique challenges, but the real issues are simple things like labor rates and regulations that give NIMBYs too much power.