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But they could be maintained, if people wanted...

• formerkrogemp 5y ago
  They 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 ago
    Additionally, 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.