It’s less strictly issues with small town infrastructure. Though that’s a factor.
It’s more people are running face first into the fact that State and Local Governments across the country did absolutely nothing to maintain or update civic infrastructure. Upgrades that should have been done as just a natural course of the aging of the systems and growth of towns. Just didn’t happen. As funds were pilfered for any number of other projects or just good old fashioned corruption.
Power stations weren’t built. Pumps and pipes weren’t replaced. Transmission lines weren’t strung. Transformers for new substations weren’t ordered.
It’s less strictly issues with small town infrastructure. Though that’s a factor.
It’s more people are running face first into the fact that State and Local Governments across the country did absolutely nothing to maintain or update civic infrastructure. Upgrades that should have been done as just a natural course of the aging of the systems and growth of towns. Just didn’t happen. As funds were pilfered for any number of other projects or just good old fashioned corruption.
Power stations weren’t built. Pumps and pipes weren’t replaced. Transmission lines weren’t strung. Transformers for new substations weren’t ordered.