Our roads and bridges are mostly fine, our electric grid and water/sewer systems are in mostly good condition
No.
RI, the smallest state, alone has 230 structurally deficient bridges and 28 in imminent danger.
http://turnto10.com/archive/ridot-28-ri-bridges-are-in-critical-conditionRemember that bridge collapse in Minnesota?
And yes, there's the Flint water problem, which is not limited to Flint.
Our electric grid is aging and falling apart.
Go to almost any other major economic power in the world, and you marvel at their infrastructure. Here everything is falling apart, not maintained well and too old as it is.
