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rconti ◴[20 Nov 24 17:52 UTC] No.42196461[source]▶

>>42194327 (OP) #

> 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. stuaxo ◴[22 Nov 24 08:19 UTC] No.42212058[source]▶

>>42196461 #

All countries have more stuff under urban roads, do first world countries tend to have worse quality urban roads than country roads?

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How good are American roads?