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As an American who has traveled abroad, I can assure the vast majority of our roads are "maintained" only in the sense that they are passable roads. There reall
by sidewndr46 5y ago
As an American who has traveled abroad, I can assure the vast majority of our roads are "maintained" only in the sense that they are passable roads. There really are no standards that are adhered to. It's common where I live to find potholes that would destroy the front suspension of any car attempting to traverse them.
- ianai 5y agoBut they could be maintained, if people wanted...
- formerkrogemp 5y agoThey absolutely cannot. Not in their entirety. The sheer number of roads necessary to be maintained will require more labor and material than we can afford at that scale.
- alistairSH 5y agoAdditionally, many of them criss-cross private land. And some segments of the US population is pretty particular about keeping people of their land. Yeah, hard to do in the mid-west and plains, but that doesn't stop them putting up threatening signs all over.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoCar's aren't nearly as fragile as people make them out to be.