r/BeAmazed 17d ago

History This is Wild..!!

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u/TheMinick 17d ago

For those who don’t want to do the math, that’s a total of 11.25 billion over the course of 75 years. Bought for 1.1 B

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u/ForsakenAd2845 17d ago edited 17d ago

That is assuming 150m per year remains constant. It would significantly increase over years. Unless we get flying cars or some other fancy transportation tech in next 25 years.

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u/BolOfSpaghettios 17d ago

The company that's maintaining these has steadily been increasing prices. I think it was done through Goldman Sachs.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63329951-paved-paradise