The Texas government is heavily Republican, and Austin is heavily Democratic, so the state has a grudge against the city. The cost for this project is to literally destroy large areas of the central city to make room. It’s worth the cost in their minds to “pwm the libs.”
It’s hard to convey to people outside the U.S. just how psychopathically evil Republicans are.
![[Satire] Welp, I'm convinced. Trains are a futile pursuit in the US](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6be9b37d-d56e-4710-ba21-8db0b4c67cf9.png){kind=link}
The Texas government is heavily Republican, and Austin is heavily Democratic, so the state has a grudge against the city. The cost for this project is to literally destroy large areas of the central city to make room. It’s worth the cost in their minds to “pwm the libs.”
It’s hard to convey to people outside the U.S. just how psychopathically evil Republicans are.
wow