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thabc t1_j78k3z2 wrote

Reply to comment by LeftHandLuke01 in Nothing But Roads by CharcoalCharts

You can thank the timber industry for building most of the roads in this image. Gotta get the logs to the mill somehow.

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elevatedOoze t1_j78mvmn wrote

And calling many of them “roads” is quite generous. The Forest Service has been letting a lot of them become reclaimed.

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thabc t1_j78ne3f wrote

Yeah, so many trailheads I grew up driving to are now inaccessible due to washouts or just unmaintained. Now only accessible by bike or foot. But then other roads that have been completely overgrown I've seen rebuilt once it came time to harvest.

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