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How good are American roads?

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252 points chmaynard | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 14:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.233s | source
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rconti ◴[20 Nov 24 17:52 UTC] No.42196461[source]▶
> Interestingly, in all cases urban roads are worse quality than rural roads, presumably because they see higher traffic than rural roads.

There's more infrastructure under urban roads. Crews come in to fix some utility, shred a section of a lane, patch it poorly with dissimilar materials, and leave.

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1. InDubioProRubio ◴[21 Nov 24 10:33 UTC] No.42202870[source]▶
The problem is- that infrastructure is a scam. As in - its easy to build it, as its priced into the creation of a new house / suburbia. But maintenance is a piled up costfactor, not city and citizen has plans for. So everyone is constantly on the run from hoods were the infrastructure is decaying due to maintenance debt returns the road back to rubble.