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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Not really. 3rd world countries have better infrastructure because they just built it - its a developing country. They also tend to have better transportation networks and communication networks because they were just built as well.
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Not necessarily.
I've travelled to several developing countries, and I find their biggest issues are crumbling infrastructure, horrible transportation networks and non-existent (or severely lacking) transit.
Rush hour in Beirut, Cairo or Damascus would make Calgary's rush hour look like a cake walk.
They do, however, like to build spectacular pieces here and there (like stadiums, monuments, sky scrapers, etc.) to keep the people distracted.
My argument was that a free market economy should be able to build stuff that's nicer than what they have in 3rd world countries because all of us know it's a superior economic model. If that requires a bit of (again, 100%) public funding, then so be it.