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> but because the roads just ain't is as good shape as they used to be

Wow, key infrastructure declining like that must be depressing. Is this a widespread thing or just in your area?

A ton of places in the US built a bunch of civil infrastructure (primarily roads, water, sewer) to support suburban sprawl that is simply not sustainable given the level of property-taxes-per-square-area and the cost-per-mile to keep it in good working order.

Lots and lots of suburban decay is scheduled for the next 2-3 decades. This stuff has a working lifetime and with no money to replace it it's just going to sit there and rust.

widespread - here in Michigan the Governor ran on a campaign of "fix the damn roads"

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