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by peteey 2047 days ago
No. What you say seems true, but this is a comparison. I would expect other nations to also have pipe etc underground for a hundred years too (probably longer).
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Yes. The rapid growth of American cities (zero to millions in a single century) is different from European growth.
Why would that mean the underground complexity is any less so in Europe?
Well, infrastructure for 5,000,000 people built in surges over a century, one that saw unparalleled advances in technology and industry results in every kind of wire, pipe, conduit, pump, tile, fill and foundation conceivable. All built on top of one another in a big hurry.

If you have 1000 years to do it and grow slowly enough, maybe you have 2 or three layers.