"Third World America"
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I don't know how this got to gravel roads but who do they have writing for Macleans these days? Trotsky?
A couple words here and there and this all sounds very very familiar.
"Once gravel roads are grassing over to save money. Most infrastructure dates back to post 1812. We saw in litho parlours, the results of the collapse of an 8 lane bridge in Moscow in 1909.
Cities are turning off lights, cutting back on trash and horse manure collection, laying off firefighters, closing Libraries and Parks and Recreation facilities.
One of the problems is the proletariat with no jobs are unable to pay their property Taxes, do not sign their kids up for Sports, and do not buy merchandise that would be taxed and thereby provide revenue for State and Local Covets."
A couple words here and there and this all sounds very very familiar.
"Once gravel roads are grassing over to save money. Most infrastructure dates back to post 1812. We saw in litho parlours, the results of the collapse of an 8 lane bridge in Moscow in 1909.
Cities are turning off lights, cutting back on trash and horse manure collection, laying off firefighters, closing Libraries and Parks and Recreation facilities.
One of the problems is the proletariat with no jobs are unable to pay their property Taxes, do not sign their kids up for Sports, and do not buy merchandise that would be taxed and thereby provide revenue for State and Local Covets."
Did you get the context of that question? Having gravel roads in your country does not make it a third world country. In Saskatchewan it's a hallmark of the sparse, widely spread population. You'd mainly be paving road to protect fields from dust, which makes no sense.
Sorry to disagree but paved section of grid roads passing a farmstead is not common practice....maybe a half mile out of a city but that is as far as it goes. You will not see a single stretch of pavement in front of a farmstead anywhere past a 1 mile radius of a city and no they do not oil the roads either. You can as a farmer pay for a company to come and oil...actually it is calcium a stretch of road in front of your farm but that's it. They do not calcium miles and miles of open grid roads.
Now, onto the topic. The US is not third world how ever they are as I stated on this forum more than a year ago ......insolvent. The thread "is the US insolvent" should maybe be brought up again.
Also any one who thinks Sask should pave all their roads has never been out of an urban setting. It would be the most ridiculous idea in the world to pave all the grid roads. And personally those grid roads are 10 times better than half the highways I've been on and yes alot of the highways are now going back to sand sealed highways as the pavement here just heaves from the harsh winters and destroys the pavement ....not the case in ohio
The grid system is the results of one of the largest social " stimulus" packages in Canadian history. As usual the taxpayer built it with sweat for the benefit of industry.
Paved roads and railroads created the great growth spurt the U.S. had. (good or bad) Paved roads allow for moving products safely and at higher speeds from point A to point B. There is no reason not to have then except as was stated in the permafrost areas. Dirt roads are part of the so called good old days, plank roads etc.
Somehow I do not think my post contained the words Third World. Are you reading more into it than is there?
I did mention the use of oil to keep dust down. Perhaps I should have pointed out that was an even more common practice. I am not sure what part of the Prairies you lived in, but it was a regular practice in the areas of Alberta where I lived, and I have traveled to most parts of the province. It is almost a moot point now, given the huge network of paved roads that exist to serve acreages.
lol.... Okay, so you answered my question, you weren't aware of the context of the conversation resulting in me asking the question.