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physPop
3mo ago
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Aren't utilities, by definition, state owned? Or is that also backwards in america?
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righthand
3mo ago
Utilities in America refers to the service relative to ideas of basic needs for survival in the US so they are often public infrastructure with private operators but in the case of some things like the internet, it’s purely privatized.
ocdtrekkie
3mo ago
It depends. Water is usually provided by the city here, but most electricity and natural gas is corporate-delivered.
idle_zealot
3mo ago
We don't even own all of our roads here. Sometimes we sell city streets to parking companies.
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