Maybe she kept the costume on

Any investment or possible “profit” is lost as soon as a road needs repairs. And high-use roads need repairs waaaaay more often and are a lot more expensive than maintaining a rail system.

Highly-used roads are even less profitable since they need expensive repairs much more often.

To your point, though, the idea that every service has to make a profit is most of what’s wrong with me modern society.

I grew up agnostic/atheist in the Bible Belt. There was a lot of casual discrimination, ostracism, and judgement if you weren’t Christian. Even among different churches. I’d have loved for there have been more Christians like you, but unfortunately the TV/Fox News Christians are all over the place down there.