Topic: infrastructure
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Charts
The Moore Tornado May Have Done $2 Billion of Damage
That's about a quarter the size of Oklahoma's state budget.
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Blow Off Work and Play This Utterly Addictive Geography Game
Guess your location using Streetview.
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Photos
Toronto's Gorgeous Old Street Signs Might Soon Be for Sale
The city receives hundreds of requests a year to purchase the signs.
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Charts
The Newest Federal Budget Proposals Cut Infrastructure Spending to the Bone
Both President Obama and Rep. Paul Ryan propose cutting non-defense discretionary spending to a historic low.
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The Secret Lives of Garbage Men
Anthropologist Robin Nagle on the vital, hidden, and arcane sanitation system that enables cities to function.
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Videos
Another Giant Sinkhole Appears in China, Swallows One Person
This latest gaping chasm is said to measure four-stories deep.
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Are Urban Explorers Really a Threat to Our National Security?
A federal agency worries they could aid terrorists. But really, they expose our vulnerabilities.
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Photos
A Photographer Sees Tiny Planets in San Francisco's Rusty Fire Hydrants
Finding worlds in aging infrastructure.
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The Big Fix
It's Not Just Overflow—Everyday Leaks From Sewer Systems Lead to Alarming Amounts of Sewage in Our Waterways
And you probably can't even smell it.
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The Big Fix
Why Are There No Big Cities with Municipal Broadband Networks?
Publicly owned Internet infrastructure is luring jobs to smaller towns. Should big cities follow their lead?
