I little melodramatic don't you think? There's a few that are like that, most are quite well kept. Take a drive around Cape Mudge sometime.
I used to work on water systems for what was then Indian and Northern Affairs. Can think of one that wasn't a complete Shytehole. The rest could have been drastically improved with 4 hours and a bulldozer. I thought it was just a problem in the north until I spent some time around Gleichen and Brockett