There’s a scene in the old Tom Hanks/Shelley Long movie, The Money Pit that relates to the status of America’s infrastructure.
The Hanks character calls a plumber to fix the piping of the stately but decrepit home he and his wife (Long) have bought. The plumber gives an estimate (outrageous) without even going into the basement. Hanks asks if he even plans to look at the pipes. The crusty old tradesman replies, “I looked at them five years ago. Do you figure they’ve improved with age?”
It turns that out as a nation we are treating our plumbing — our water and sewer infrastructure
