[Animats]

People keep saying that. Yet, in the last decade in the Bay Area alone, we've had

    - a major new dam in Fremont.
    - a new Bay Bridge eastern span
    - a second San Mateo Bridge alongside the first
    - a fourth bore at the Caldecott Tunnel
    - a new major tunnel at Devil's Slide
    - a new sewerage plant at San Jose
    - a third Hetch Hetchy water pipeline
    - an automated tram between BART and the Oakland airport.

Under construction are the new Transbay Terminal, the SF Central Subway Line, the new Golden Gate Bridge west approach, more light rail and BART stations...