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$15M is dirt cheap for the USA. That buys you like 100 yards of urban light rail or something. :)

If I did the math right, Seattle-area Federal Way Link Extension costs $185k per yard, getting 81 yards for $15M.

God we're terrible at building things.

Is that the California high speed rail I see trying to hide in the back?

Shit, who cares how much it costs when it doesn't go useful places?

Don't forget the decades of time it takes to build the tracks.

Wow, I pinned the tail on that donkey, it seems, with zero fact checking on the figures before posting.

That’s like one decently sized house with a yard and garage in a good neighborhood in the bay area

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