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Lithos

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8. Oh god, there so much to unpack there

Sat Jun 4, 2022, 12:33 AM

Jun 2022

And I am not sure I'm the one to properly explain things - even though I'm a mostly lifelong resident of the State.

The first thing to point out though - Highways are built after the fact. There is zero planning - everything is reactive. Change only happens when it is really too late to do anything. In general everything in Texas seems reactionary - I have always wondered if this explains the politics to some degree. Used to not be the case - I understand in the 1930's things were a bit different - there even used to be very reliable local mass transit from Dallas to as far as Sherman.

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