american cities choose the more expensive option in the long run even though americans love being cheap.

And there's also the pothole factor! 😜

Yeah, all the giant SUVs, pickups and semi trucks rolling over it will do a lot of damage to the roads. The city will then spend a few million on repairing it only for it to be damaged again. Train tracks, which only need major track-relaying every two to three decades or so, are the clear victor.

Detroit's citizens: "Most of us are homeless, mentally impaired, and constantly in danger of being killed by a psychopath just for existing. Please fix our roads, build us some new homes, and make the city a safer and better place."

Michigan's government: "Best we can do is build some corporate buildings, patch up the roads with haphazardly-laid gravel, and keep razing homes."