You think your streets are bad?

Jeff7

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But if they built the roads to be more robust, what would the road crews do for money? Get jobs that don't represent a perpetual expense? Come oooonnn....
 

IronWing

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If you took away the potholes, the cars, the buildings and left nothing but open country that place looks like it would still be a cold, dreary shithole.
 

mmntech

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If you took away the potholes, the cars, the buildings and left nothing but open country that place looks like it would still be a cold, dreary shithole.

If there's a bright centre to the universe, Timmins is the place that it's farthest from. Northern Ontario is one vast wasteland of trees and muskeg that the government down here in Toronto goes out of its way to ignore. :p
 

Red Squirrel

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If there's a bright centre to the universe, Timmins is the place that it's farthest from. Northern Ontario is one vast wasteland of trees and muskeg that the government down here in Toronto goes out of its way to ignore. :p

Sadly the truth. They take away stuff all the time, like the ONR, now they're talking about building high speed rail... and only for the south. We pay taxes too!

They wont hesitate to send money to the natives though, even though they literally burn it. They take their free houses apart to use for camp fires.
 

IronWing

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At least you have the mine. Maybe you could suggest using mine waste to fill the potholes.
 

Imp

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On the bright side, it looks like almost everyone drives an SUV or pick-up way out there.
 

Red Squirrel

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At least you have the mine. Maybe you could suggest using mine waste to fill the potholes.

That would make too much sense. Our city does not like to make sense. :biggrin:

Instead they just fill them with beach sand. Or when they do "fix" with asphalt, they just put dry asphalt there, they don't even grind it up or use a bonding agent or anything.