The official "what about the roads?" thread

[oakpacific]

oh look, a thread split

I think this also should belong in this one:

Wenzhou - http://reason.com/archives/2011/11/15/chinas-black-market-city

Do we need roads at all? - http://www.thebaffler.com/past/of_flying_cars

Someone actually brought up Wenzhou! Those folks not just build roads, they build private railways!

It's no surprise they are behind the surge of Chinese investment in bitcoins: http://www.techinasia.com/whats-chinese-bitcoin-community/8/