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Yes 14 years of austerity have been great for the country! Can't wait for even more of this shit to be announced tomorrow. #taxwealthnotwork
Woohoo Besançon number one!
That's probably the answer to the question why, property prices in Besançon are nowhere near Manchester's. It might be fairer to compare it with a city like Leicester if they ever decided to get a tram.
There’s always enough money to pay lawyers and consultants.
Why is this the case?
There isn't long running strategic planning for this type of thing and no consistency in the volume of work, so the construction industry can't invest in having the capacity. That and risk contingencies are way higher.
France does more trams, so they have homegrown industry to support them, standard economy of scale. The list is also comparing smaller French urban areas with very dense urban areas such as Manchester, which has higher property prices, more infrastructure to avoid or divert, and so on.
I suspect it's just corruption. As we have seen government works by giving their friends the work at crazy markups with no requirement anything be delivered. The end result is lots of people getting rich off government contracts and low quality infrastructure at best.
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