For sure, but unfair comparison. Leave an asphalt road unattended for 10 years and it's cracked and overgrown, barely better than a dirtroad. A cobblestone at least will be salvageable, just will need a good weed wacking. Baseline quality is just higher.
They're pointing out the ridiculousness of the original comparison.
But you made the same bad comparison as the original one since only the asphalt road can bear the loads of modern traffic.