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> hitting a pothole on that Lime thing is liable to stop all forward momentum suddenly and precariously

Didn't think of this. Makes sense why they're doing well on the West Coast but not yet rolling out on New York's ice-torn streets.

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Oakland, California has some of the worst streets in America, and getting worse. There are Limes and Birds on every corner of downtown.

I live near Downtown Oakland and have yet to see one of these Scooters on the road -- so far the primary use case in Oakland seems to be teenagers blasting around Lake Merritt on the weekends.

There were 6 on each corner of Broadway & Grand at 7am today.

According to the Lime app, there are at least 50 Lime-S scooters within 1km of the corner of Broadway and Telegraph right now. There are 9 outside 12th St BART alone.

I don't think that's the reason. Huge swaths of midtown, particularly, have near perfect pavement.

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