r/GlobalTalk • u/PacSan300 • Jul 28 '21
[Question] How would you rate the overall quality of infrastructure in your country, on a scale of 1 to 10? Question
If applicable, where (i.e. roads, rail, airports, Internet connectivity/speed, etc) do you feel the most improvement is needed?
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u/popular_tiger India Jul 28 '21
My experiences in major cities in India:
Roads - 4
Rail - 6
Metro - 9 (Delhi)
Airports - 7
Internet - 7
Water & sewage - 2
Electricity - 5
I imagine this is much worse in rural parts where the majority of the country lives, so probably 3/4 on average in the country?
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u/beg_yer_pardon Jul 28 '21 edited Jul 28 '21
I live in Bangalore. At first glance it seemed like you'd given the roads "-4" (Minus four) and I thought, "yep, that's what I'd give Bangalore roads". Probably the worst among all the cities. They are absolute death traps and driving is excruciating, made so much more infuriating by traffic, abysmal driving (if you can even call it that), entitlement and insane road rage. Roads are constantly being dug up to lay pipelines or cables or they're being tarred over or white-topped. A freshly tarred road almost in the final stages of work will then be dug up at the other end for something else. Wasteful in the extreme. Roads are almost never in usable condition. And somehow, all of this work is always initiated just before the rains begin so that a one month job turns into a three month job. Rinse and repeat. Footpaths are non existent and sometimes so badly dug up that people have actually died trying to navigate them. Make that "-10".
Telecom infrastructure in Bangalore is patchy at best. I'd give it a 5/10. Call drops are just a way of life now - regardless of service provider.
Water is a major crisis waiting to happen. This city wasn't meant to grow so large. Areas that receive corporation water command sky-high rents, since the water quality is good and the supply regular so 8/10 for that. Others have to get by on borewells or tankers. Seeing those tankers spilling precious water all over the roads makes my blood boil. Minus 50 for that.
Can't rate public transport as I haven't used it enough to know. Although I have heard people say the buses and metro are both good and efficient. Railways are not exclusive to this city but having seen railway systems in Europe, I have developed immense respect for Indian Railways.
Airport is nice, clean, generally well managed, well connected to the city (although the commute is a pain) with decent shopping and food. Definitely one of the best ones in the country, so 8/10.
Electricity is 3/10. Power cuts are very common, unscheduled, and happen multiple times a day. I'm fortunate enough to live in an apartment complex with generators and really I don't know how we did without them for a decade and a half until they were installed.
Sewage - 3/10. We have large open drains (like wider than our actual roads) criss crossing residential areas. Drains regularly overflow onto the streets.
Municipal services /garbage collection / cleaning - 6/10. Waste segregation is implemented in most areas, at least at the source. Not sure how much recycling is actually being done.
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u/saugoof Australia Jul 28 '21
I worked in Bangalore for a while. From my limited experience, that seems spot on. It had some of the worst traffic and roads I've ever seen, and I've also worked in Jakarta and Lagos, Nigeria. It feels like the city had grown too quickly for infrastructure to keep up.
That said, I still really liked it and have always wanted to go back to India to see more of tge country.
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u/beg_yer_pardon Jul 28 '21 edited Jul 28 '21
Interesting you should say that. Your last statement really hit home. Having said everything I did, there's still no other place in the world I'd rather make my home than Bangalore! Maybe it's because I grew up here, because objectively it hasn't got much going for it.
I hope you get to see more of India some day :)
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u/loopy8 Jul 28 '21
Singapore - 9
All the infrastructure you mentioned is fully functional throughout the country. There are no ‘rural areas’ since the country is so small.
There are maintenance and upgrading works for existing infrastructure schedules every few years as well to maintain the quality.
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u/NotMitchelBade Jul 28 '21
Can I ask why it’s not a 10 then? Is it expensive?
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u/loopy8 Jul 29 '21
Nope it’s quite affordable. I didn’t put 10 because there’s always room for improvement.
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u/rayzer93 Jul 28 '21
India - 3
If applicable, where (i.e. roads, rail, airports, Internet connectivity/speed, etc) do you feel the most improvement is needed?
Everywhere
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u/Violent_Violette Canada Jul 28 '21
Canada:
Roads: 6. Pretty well maintained actually but winter tends to kill them.
Rail: 5. It's pretty abysmal passenger wise, but our freight network is extensive.
Airports: 7. Usually some drama going on with our national carriers but they serve their purposes.
Internet: 2. We have some of the worst speed/$ in the world. We kneel before the corporate dicks of Roger's and bell.
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u/AMD_DRIVERS Jul 28 '21
Mobile internet, yes. Robellus can eat a wall of dicks. At least coverage is pretty good, and speeds are good.
Home internet? It's not so bad. I'm paying $60 a month for 300/30 in downtown Ottawa, which isn't too bad imo.
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u/INDlG0 Japan Jul 28 '21
Going from Ontario to Quebec is funny, the road quality difference is easily noticeable between the two provinces
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u/squirrelcat88 Jul 29 '21
Rail is poor passenger-wise because of the scale of our country, I think. If you’re going a short distance, a couple of hundred kms, most people would just drive. If you’re going a long distance, you’d fly because most people don’t want to be on a train for days.
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u/7734128 Jul 28 '21 edited Jul 28 '21
Sweden: probably 8/10.
Public transit is great, even with the small cities we got.
Electricity is stable with most smaller power lines being buried and our hydropower provides an uncontested grid stability. There's currently a lack of capacity to bring power to the south which has hindered some larger factories from being built, but that's probably going to be fixed soon.
Decent attempt at recycling and other waste is mostly burned in combined power and municipal heating facilities. Access to residential heating from the municipal heating lines is quite extensive.
Water is never a real issue. Orders to conserve water was issued summer 2018, but never ran out. All tap water should be drinkable, and has been in my experience.
Sewage is naturally treated as well as it can be.
The roads are not always perfectly well planed but maintained rigorously. Due to the freezing temperatures we got to use a softer blend of asfalt which breaks easier, but that's taken care of.
Internet is also decent, while not necessarily cheap. You can get 4g almost everywhere where it's not too sparsely populated and at least some coverage elsewhere. A lot of people got fibre optic cable, but that has been implemented very poorly. Gigabit internet is common, but so is completely lacking non-mobile internet, the later usually due to awful landlords.
Rail is one area where we are lacking. The entire network is electrified and has been that way for a long time, but it's under capacity. Both for the heavy freight (Sweden produces most of Europe's iron ore and almost the entire country is used for farming timber) and for passager traffic. There are long stretches where there's only a single rail and trains can't pass each other.
There's rarely any flooding so public drainage is well maintained.
Almost all public roads and walkways are sanded and/or salted in the winter and the sand is collected in the spring. Snow removal is a huge undertaking and it can sometimes take a while before all roads are drivable after heavy snowfall, but it always happens eventually.
There are bicycle paths prepared in most cities and more are being built. Some cities have public bicycles you can rent for a symbolic sum, and at least in Gothenburg they are maintained perfectly.
Airports are ok I guess. They are oftentimes not that close to the cities, but then again our cities are quite small.
Street lighting is extensive and there are usually a few lit tracks in forests for running at night (elljusspår)
Bridges are maintained so they only collapse when hit by something. Ferries usually run without undue interruptions.
The only two things I believe we're severely lacking is in heavy rail and long range electric transmission.
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u/Carrot_Lobbyist Sweden Jul 28 '21
Another problem with our rail infrastructure is that the public debate all to often focuses on whether we should build a high speed rail network or not.
Sure it’s cool and sure maybe we need one but the opportunity costs for such a big project are too high IMO - we could probably lower emissions more if we spent the billions on some other green project instead.
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u/7734128 Jul 28 '21
Yes. The triangle Gothenburg-Stockholm-Malmö is too small for high speed rail to make sense. If it could run at full speed without current interruptions the "slow" trains we got today would be enough. The cost of high speed rail is just too high compared to just improving the current system.
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u/Isaskar Jul 28 '21
Thing is the primary motivation for building the high speed rail network is not speeding things up, it's to deal with the lack of capacity on existing tracks. It will relieve some of the most heavily strained stretches of rail in the country.
If we don't build it we'd instead have to add tracks to at least parts of the existing main lines to have a similar effect on capacity, which would probably be similarly expensive as well, as there often just isn't room for new tracks to be built next to the old ones. And it wouldn't really bring anything new to the table, just be the same old thing but better.
I'm not 100% sold on it either, as it will be incredibly expensive, but I don't think it's the worst idea. It's been studied for decades so if we cancel it we'll be starting from scratch when it comes to solving congestion on our main lines and probably delay the solution even further.
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u/NotMitchelBade Jul 28 '21
How is the sidewalk sand collected in the spring? I’ve never heard of that!
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u/7734128 Jul 28 '21
With machines like these where they fit. If they don't fit then they sometimes use leaf blowers to bring the sand out to where such machines fit.
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u/DarkflowNZ Jul 28 '21
New Zealand: 6. Our roads are quite possibly the worst in the developed world but our water is clean and our refuse is picked up and dealt with. We have a good percent of the country able to access fibre internet. Our power grid works but power is expensive. Some companies even offer 100% renewable energy generation - meridian comes to mind.
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u/Tinie_Snipah Aotearoa Jul 28 '21
NZ roads are some of the best quality I've driven in the world, outside of high density populated parts of Europe where they can afford to repave them every year.
Rarely do they have pot holes, repairs are done relatively quickly, there's a fairly decent network considering the geography. Theyre genuinely quite good actually.
My only complaint is the drivers are all fucking incompetent.
I cant comment on water and power since I live in Milford Sound and we get both for free from Bowen falls
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u/DarkflowNZ Jul 28 '21
Maybe the roads are a north island problem. I'm in Taupo and there are more pot holes than bloody road. I did notice while I was down south in gore that the council was onto it with the gardens and roads
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u/Tinie_Snipah Aotearoa Jul 29 '21
Lived in Tauranga also and they're good round that way. Apart from the Bayfair traffic-cone-about...
Maybe this is just a south island thing but when floods wash away or damage roads theyre repaired really quite quickly. Its quite impressive really. People love to complain about the road workers just standing around but they do a fantastic job of fixing damaged roads. But again, maybe its a south island thing because our diversions basically don't exist
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u/Wild_Marker Argentina Jul 28 '21 edited Jul 28 '21
Happens here too. Buenos Aires has fantastic public transportation, there's a bus to go anywhere you need to at any hour. Internet is fast and plentiful. Blackouts are only a thing in the southern (AKA poorer) neighborhoods.
But then get out of BsAs and you start getting insuficient bus lines with terrible frequency, monopolistic internet that costs triple and gives you speeds from 20 years ago, and electrical grids that predictably go down with enough rainfall.
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u/wolfjeanne Jul 28 '21
For the places that I've lived in:
Switzerland - 9 Things just work. The only thing is that it's hard to enjoy any of it because it's so expensive.
Austria - 8.5 Pretty similar to Switzerland in that you can get most places comfortably, though it does sometimes take a bit longer -- though it is cheaper too. Graz has a decent number of bike lanes even, though overall it's pretty car-focussed and noisy as a result. Vienna isn't always the cleanest, but it still works I guess.
Netherlands - 8.5 Reasonably priced and well-maintained overall. Water management on point. Bike lanes everywhere. Some rural areas you do sort of need a car, especially if you ever come home late but even there, generally there are buses. Bonus points for the massive number of electric car chargers. I guess being a small country has its perks.
South Korea - 8 Rail isn't really the way to go here, but long distance buses are some of the best I've ever been on and the Seoul Metro is still hands down the best metro system I've ever used, just a shame it stops going by midnight. Rural access I guess is more problematic, but I never much needed it, so can't really comment. Some urban greenery in the big cities would really improve the living climate though, especially in summer.
UK - 7 for the same reason as u/Christopherfromtheuk said below: rail and bus can be pretty expensive and unreliable. Also, as a longboarder: fix your roads UK; can't exactly enjoy the ride when I'm swerving around potholes more often than not. Also, a friend who works for a water company said that much of their infrastructure comes from Victorian times and every water company got into massive debt after privatisation, so now it's hard to make any real investments. Perhaps relatedly, parts of some cities flood more or less every year.
Germany - 7 internet speed and mobile coverage isn't what it should be and Deutsche Bahn is notoriously late. Also, if you don't buy far in advance, trains can be expensive. Still, you can get around most places by public transport. Berlin is a bit confusing at first and not always the cleanest, but you get used to it. Buses are pretty good too.
Italy - 6.5 Trains especially are a mixed bag. The whole country is a mixed bag. Calling it 7.5 up North and 5 down south might be more accurate. Also, many cities need to upgrade their bus system, but for Rome especially, there is no reason it should be this bad. Might as well throw the timetable out the window and the majority of people never seems to pay any fares.
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u/beavertownneckoil Jul 28 '21
Interesting read. Do you mind if I ask how it is you've come to live in so many different places?
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u/wolfjeanne Jul 28 '21
An international degree in a pretty international field (sustainability/climate change) and then just not caring too much where your job is at.
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u/dan00108 Jul 28 '21
Romania:
Roads - 4
Even after all these years and "investments" there are still very few km of highway usable compared to the rest of EU. Road surface can be good but drivers are dangerous and since most roads don't have opposite directions separated it can get deadly.
Rail - 3
There are some improvements, but the standards have been dropping since the 90s. Trains are often old and dirty with no working aircon, many lines got closed over time, I've seen lines that had their time to destination increased over time. There are no high speed trains.
Airports - 7
The ones I've seen are acceptable. Depends on the city.
Internet - 9
Best internet in Europe as far as I'm aware.
Spain:
Roads - 8
Good options for routes, decently maintained, there are tolls with high prices, speed limit on highways 120km/h :(
Rail - 8
I haven't used rail extensively but from what I've seen they are decent. High speed options mixed in with slower trains. Seems expensive relative to income.
Airports - 8
Major cities have access to decent airports.
Internet - 7
It's mostly good. Depends on location and provider. Avoid Vodafone at all costs.
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u/tatertotski Jul 28 '21
Mozambique, a solid 3.
Our national airline dodges major safety checks and many National airports are closing because of it.
The main highway/artery is okay for 600km but beyond that (it stretches the length of the country and is the one major road) is filled with potholes the size of boulders.
Maputo (our capital city) is decent in the wealthier areas and has nice shopping malls and restaurants, which is what makes Mozambique a 3, not a 2.
The police are villains and the politicians are crooks, so you’ll never see your taxes going to fixing roads or, idk, building a train.
I adore Mozambique more than anything and there are amazing qualities to it, but infrastructure-wise it’s extremely under developed.
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u/Oh_for_sure Jul 28 '21
Hmmm. Japan - probably 9. Public transportation is generally very good; the only thing lacking is late-night service. Roads are generally very good; only downsides are expensive toll roads and frequent construction. Utilities are reliable; power outages almost never happen where I live. Internet service is generally fairly fast and pricing is... not cheap but not terrible. Public Wi-Fi is lacking.
Canada - I guess 7-8. Poor public transportation except in a handful of large cities, and it’s not great there either. Roads are usually in good condition and in most areas you don’t have toll roads. Unbelievable traffic congestion in the greater Toronto area. Utilities are also reliable although short power outages are common during thunder storms. Internet is pretty expensive and often not very fast.
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u/Moobs_like_Jagger Louisiana USA Jul 28 '21
united states: 4
louisiana, my state: 2
new orleans, my city: -3
in new orleans, where tropical storms are common and flooding is a constant threat, we have flood protection water pumps that need century-old generators for making power at 25 cycles, a standard that became obsolete before WW2.
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u/fk_this_shit Jul 28 '21
Italy, although I don't live there I visit it regularly. Overall a 6.5
Roads are often poorly maintained although, the last few years they are making an effort to improve.
Water, there is still some places where the tap water isn't drinkable.
Public transport is ok you can reach most places for a fair price. Although their schedules aren't always on point (for busses especially)
Internet, is pretty bad tbh, it's slow, not stable and don't get me started on Italian websites, half of them don't work properly.
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u/yvetox Jul 28 '21
Ukraine - 4/10
Roads 2/10 - Our roads are atrocious, if you ever seen the photo of "Russian road" there is a high chance that it's actually Ukrainian.
Rail - 4/10 - low comfort, old trains, but at least it functions and sometimes it's easier to take a railroad trip to rural area than to try the road.
Airports - 6/10 we have quite a few functional airports, so no dig here.
Metro(Kiev) - 7/10 - actually somewhat nice metro. Other cities don't have it most of the time though
Water and sewage - 5/10 - just functional, breaks frequently, but we have a widespread heating.
Electricity - 7/10 - pretty stable electricity, sometimes breaks, most of the time fixed in less than 4-6 hours.
Internet - 9/10 - absolutely fantastic internet. Only Romania have it better. Stable, fair, low ping, low jitter. Mobile internet is good enough to work remotely in the cities.
More rural you go less stable everything is, so only major cities are good enough.
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u/acharismaticjeweller Jul 28 '21
India - 4/10. It's absolutely ridiculous. From the random holes in the sidewalk that you could fall into, to the potholes that can totally wreck if your car if you were to drive over them, to places without any traffic signals that desperately need them - my opinion is that India is one of the most inconvenient and dangerous places to live in in the entire world. If there's any other Indian on this thread, they're free to disagree with me. But my firm opinion is that this country is an absolute mess when it comes to infrastructure and we're not even close to reaching standards that can be called acceptable.
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u/Jon_Martensen Germany Jul 28 '21
4 in Germany years of poor investement, shoddy railroad, too much focus on cars
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u/---________---- Jul 28 '21
Germqny is being ranked among the best countries in the world concerning infrastructure. I think 4 is a bit harsh. Source
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u/link0007 Jul 28 '21
It depends a lot on what your demands for the infrastructure are.. some would consider good car infrastructure an advantage, while others would consider it a flaw if it leads to car dependence.
I don't have a car. Only use my feet, bike, and public transport to get around in my country. So for me the state of the highways is utterly irrelevant, and I get super frustrated by cities that accommodate cars because it is always at the expense of walkability and liveability of a city.
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u/Jon_Martensen Germany Jul 28 '21
yes exactly,
also the question included Internet as infrastructure and that is exceptionally bad here. Yeah the highways may be all right but the railroad system is a clusterfuck and public transits are sometimes a disaster (Stuttgart/Hannover) sometimes they are bearable (Hamburg/ Cologne/ Kiel)
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u/daversions Jul 28 '21
Germany positives: roads mostly great (especially autobahn), good rest stops, extensive trains, utilities are reliable and buried below ground, FlixBus is good, airports are modern and flights are cheap
Germany negatives: too much maintenance on roads that takes forever to finish, trains expensive and unreliable, utilities are really expensive, too much coal/gas power, internet is terrible, missing flood defenses on rivers, digital payments infrastructure and digital government services almost non-existent, Brandenburg Airport,…
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u/hajamieli Finland Jul 28 '21
Finland - 6-7 on a world scale. Things are being shut down, roads are crumbling, everything is saved to death, including health care and basic security such as police. Things are seriously falling apart since the greedy generation (boomers) are sucking up all the monetary resources. Younger (working) generations have to pay for the pensions of the boomers, and the boomers in their turn only paid for the few who survived to retirement age of the WW2 survivors.
There's not much left to maintain infrastructure and such, and despite that our budget is based on living off of constantly taking more foreign debt, not only for ourselves but for some EU campaigns of funding Spanish 4 day work week experiments etc.
People are being taxed to poverty, our economy was already taxed to poverty to the degree even COVID no longer made significance. Our economy nevertheless hasn't grown since the financial crisis of 2008-2009. Our working generations don't have anything left to put into their own savings, nevertheless making major investments like buying a home or having enough trust in the future to breed.
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u/bargainkangaroo Jul 28 '21 edited Jul 28 '21
To readers out there, note that this is a notoriously spiteful, unreliable narrator.
Only the first paragraph and last sentence are true-ish.
Edit: case in point in reply, they are known for their desperate projecting
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u/hajamieli Finland Jul 28 '21 edited Jul 28 '21
To readers out there, /u/bargainkangaroo is a known basement dweller who have never worked a day in its life and relies on the social security payouts from us net tax payers.
Also look, here are the official numbers, so like you see in the nice graph, our GDP per capita has stayed stagnated for well over a decade. Basically since the day iPhone launched and Nokia was doomed.
EU countries who actually had an economic upswing in the 2010s, and much more wealthy people, now get a net payout from us, since our 2020 has been as bad as the years before it while their 2020 is nowhere as bad as their 2007. As if we're not yet in a unhealthy situation as is.
I'm in the process of learning a new language so I'll be able to immigrate to an East European country who'll never get socialist ever again, and therefore a society deserving my taxes. At least COVID finally brought universal remote work, so I'll be able to stay with my current job.
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u/jarias16 Jul 28 '21
Paraguay gets a solid 3
The good infrastructure we do get is only made for the profit of the few wealthy cattle ranchers.
We cannot complete infrastructure projects because of corruption.
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u/simonbleu Argentina Jul 28 '21
Its hard to rank because many of those are things I interact with regularly nor I have anything to compare it to. Also we are a very very big scarcely populated and centralized country.
But I will at least tell you about my province, second most important in terms of population iirc
Roads - could be maintained better (too slow, and theres a lot of embezzlement) but is not that bad. That said, even important cities have many dirt roads, even ones on which buses transit on.
Public transport - Buses mostly. They often brake or have issues but the worse aspect is not that (although is not uncommon to wait for your bus a lot LOT longer than it should. Once I got down the bus, literally handed down a sort of "letter", 2 minutes at most, and waited like 2 hours only to catch literally the same bus ) but rather the drivers... I have seen then stopping to buy something to eat, going out of the route they have to pick up a friend or ask "is someone going that way?" and if no one answers "yes" they just skip that part of the route to save time... of course, leaving all the potentially waiting people on there cursing the day they decided to rely on public transportation
Rail - Absolutely no idea because never took a train, its a sadly decaying thing that shrinked a lot in the last...century or so. Only the capital has a metro (which seems to work well)
Airports - Absolutely no idea, I guess they do well, the issues are mostly administrative I believe
Internet - Getting better but awful... expensive, usually you have one choice, asymmetric, it will take a while until optic fiber covers the capital of the province, let alone other cities. Currently Im paying like 20 bucks (usd) for cable tv (old stuff, not one with the information on screen but just changing channels with the tv remote) and 50megabits that often has issues with interruptions of service
Water and sewage - There has been previous rumors of the water company contaminating the one you drink with literal shit, not sure if true but oculd. Not particularly water you would like to drink anyway. Sewages are mostly non existant outside of the city centre (because you have business and apartments) in neighbourhoods you have septic chambers andall that stuff
Gas and electricity - I would say at least half or more of the population do not have natural gas and rely on propane tanks (like the oens you use on a boat, cabin or gas bbq). Electricity here is one of the most expensive of the country (you dont have an alternative), extorsive and swindling (last year they tried to bill twice a month) and awful service always having blackouts and tension issues (not every day but frequent enough. Luckily most times are just a few minutes but sometimes is a lot more)
So, I dont know how to rate it, maybe a 5? Im sure it doesnt even come close to first world standards, but afaik outside of it the average is much worse and we wouldnt be doing thaat bad so...no idea, judge it by yourself based on that
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u/sektorao Jul 28 '21
Croatia.
Roads 7. State roads 8, local 5-6.
Train 5-6.
Ship lines 7.
Airports very good.
Bicycle 4.
Local bus decent.
Internet 6-7.
Water usually excellent.
Power alright.
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u/dazenzi Jul 28 '21 edited Jul 28 '21
Belgium
Roads: 3/10. Roads everywhere, but all of them are pretty shitty. Renovating roads costs 3 times as much as it should and takes twice the time that was planned for it, if it goes well. Trajectory control everywhere since years, cost a shitload of money, doesn't work. Bonus points for being able to buy beer at petrol stations.
Water & sewage: 5/10. Works perfectly (would be 9?) except when there's a lot of rain (last weeks for example), then suddenly half the country is fucked.
Internet: 6/10. Good 4G almost everywhere, 5G on it's way. Cable internet is pretty shitty in a lot of places, although it's getting better. Ridiculous pricing considering the downloading speed.
Trains: 2/10. Trains everywhere, but all of them are too late. Bonus (negative) points for strikes during school exam periods and holidays. Trains don't work when there's snow. Same for busses and trams.
Airports: 7/10. Just OK, not spectacularly good or bad, maybe a little bit badly organised (lots of delays).
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u/usernametakenbutwait Jul 30 '21
UAE: 1. Roads: 9/10. They ain't perfect but pretty damn close to perfect. There's no such thing as potholes here(partly because it rarely rains) and the highway system is great and often well polished. It's only the drivers that suck here, but you can't blame that on the infrastructure.
Rail: 4/10. This is speaking for the country overall because there's no rail as beyond the Dubai metro, which I would give a 7/10 only losing points due to the lack of connectivity.
Airports - 10/10. Must I say more? UAE is home to the Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports, both of which are major connectivity hubs for the entire world. Moreover, you can never be too far from an airport in the UAE, maybe a maximum of a 1 hr drive.
Internet - 6/10. The coverage the great and the speeds are good but it's damn expensive, both data and cable. The market is very monopolistic here so there's little incentive to compete.
Electricity - 10/10. There's almost a constant supply of electricity all day long with hardly any outages. The only time power might not be there is when there's some maintenance. Prices are decent, compared to the developed world.
Water - 9/10. Water ( which is handled by the same public works that handles electricity) is similar to electricity in the sense there's a constant flow of it and it's relatively affordable. The only caveat is that it's not fit for drinking; you'll have to use a purifier, so I've knocked off a point.
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u/Christopherfromtheuk Jul 28 '21 edited Jul 28 '21
UK - compared to the rest of the world - 7.
We fall down on the cost of public transport and cost, effectiveness and reliability of the bus and train networks.
Roads have some issues but are on the whole good.
Telecom/internet connectivity is generally good and available at reasonable cost.
Edit:
Electricity - 9. Knocked one off because I used to live in a rural area and power cuts - happened - maybe a couple a year.
Water - 7, although the privatisation was a disaster (as was privatisation of rail and buses). Water companies empty raw sewage into rivers with no consequence.