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The initial two miles of New York's Second Avenue Subway cost taxpayers $4.5 billion.
Dwarkesh Patel · What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses · 29 Oct 2026
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“And just these initial two miles have cost the taxpayers $4.5 billion. A lot of the funding for public works comes from Washington.”10:40Report a misattribution
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