[trelane]

> You don't see bridges falling in US regularly killing tons of folks, do you.

Falling yes. Killing is hit-or miss. I would be surprised if the reasons bridges are failing due to lack of maintenance is entirely unrelated to the cost of building.

There are many ways things could be better, and many ways things could be worse.

Attacking something only because it's cheaper and faster seems silly.

[jajko]

Please share a single recent example from US, I am only aware of one relatively recent catastrophic case from northern Italy, where maintenance was subpar.

Cheaper reflects many things, overall quality testing, attention to detail, how much effort went into design etc. Its not a silver bullet but oh boy does it always show on result, without exception.

[trelane]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridge_failures

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_colla... was not 2 months ago.

> Its not a silver bullet but oh boy does it always show on result, without exception.

Permit me to show you an exception!

This watch is USD59: https://www.target.com/p/men-39-s-timex-expedition-scout-wat...

This watch is GBP225: https://mrjoneswatches.com/products/a-perfectly-useless-even...

There are even more extreme examples, e.g. the watch from Richistan.