In my particular case, I'm comfortable saying it's the charter only because I've lived in poorer municipalities with way worse tax bases in the same weather/cli

In my particular case, I'm comfortable saying it's the charter only because I've lived in poorer municipalities with way worse tax bases in the same weather/climate and the roads were better - comparing municipal roads to municipal roads - and I've heard the council members talking about it. But I didn't know that about the sublease layers in particular and the greater cost (and I assume time in addition to labor and materials, which would in turn require the road to be closed for longer and increase use of other roads + cause angry constituents). Now I do! Thanks! Also explains why our higher truck weight limit fucks the state's roads so much: I'd known that but not the reason specifically. Thanks for sharing.