Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pothole purge saw nearly 8,000 craters filled in a single day – the same number that would usually take New York’s Department of Transport (DOT) a week.
the fact that one of the biggest cities in the world had at least 8000 holes to begin with is ridiculous. NYC is smaller than 800km². that’s at least 10 potholes per km², if you assume the city is entirely made of roads and no buildings.
It depends. Northern roads go through a lot of freezing and thawing, water leaks into the cracks, freezes, expands, breaks up the roadway, cars/trucks roll over them and breaks it up more, and the next thing you know there’s a rim denting hole in the road. You can patch them all day long, and others will open up right next to them.
Down south, where it’s warmer, the roads last much better. I’m in Florida, and the roads are generally pretty great, and when people visit America, most of them go to Florida, so that’s what they know.
Just to be clear, I am not defending or praising the Florida government which is probably the most corrupt state government in the nation. The roads are good because the weather is good, not because of the government. They suck.
How shit are the streets in the US? Everyone in the comments are bitching about their holes.
the fact that one of the biggest cities in the world had at least 8000 holes to begin with is ridiculous. NYC is smaller than 800km². that’s at least 10 potholes per km², if you assume the city is entirely made of roads and no buildings.
It depends. Northern roads go through a lot of freezing and thawing, water leaks into the cracks, freezes, expands, breaks up the roadway, cars/trucks roll over them and breaks it up more, and the next thing you know there’s a rim denting hole in the road. You can patch them all day long, and others will open up right next to them.
Down south, where it’s warmer, the roads last much better. I’m in Florida, and the roads are generally pretty great, and when people visit America, most of them go to Florida, so that’s what they know.
Just to be clear, I am not defending or praising the Florida government which is probably the most corrupt state government in the nation. The roads are good because the weather is good, not because of the government. They suck.