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yourm0m1 t1_iwqd02g wrote

Funny you post this today, there is an online article hitting the airwaves this week. According to "Google search statistics over the last year" Massachusetts ranks 12th for potholes and Boston 34th in cities.

https://quotewizard.com/news/pothole-damage-costs-us-drivers-3-billion-dollars-per-year

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Maxpowr9 t1_iwqmdzk wrote

12th is about where I expected us to be too. The freeze/thaw cycle in the northern states unsurprisingly makes most of them bad for potholes. It's the southern states with bad roads that have no excuses.

As for why Maine is so much lower than MA, Maine (~47k) has about 2/5th fewer road miles as MA (~78k).

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geffe71 t1_iwqords wrote

Also ME and NH are constantly redoing the roads even though they don’t need to be

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jambonejiggawat t1_iwt7mcj wrote

I believe NH spends more on their roads than they do on education. I’d look up a citation, but I’m going to bed.

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WinsingtonIII t1_iwsvrjz wrote

There are also large portions of Maine that are consistently stuck below freezing most of the winter. You don’t have constant freeze thaw cycles when it’s always 25 degrees or lower in the winter.

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a_swarm_of_nuns t1_iwqe56l wrote

Makes sense with the amount of cars and people commuting in on like major road systems. Roads will go to shit much quicker than others

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