They have potholes up there? Man, I thought the potholes were having a convention here or something. Or maybe they were just visiting New Orleans and decided to stick around.
Up north thwere is phenomena called frost heave. Whenever there is trhe slightest porosity in a street & water gets in, then whenever that water freezes, it expands, and the porosity gets greater so the next time it freezes with water in the pores, it expands again & the hole gets even larger. Now remember that the sun warms the pavement some many days in witer, and it freezes most every night. So the phenomena of frost heave is working about once or twice each day for about 4-5 months a year. Where I lived in upstate NY, the last frost date for planting agarden was my birthday, May 27.
I predict that within our lifetime the entire SE part of Louisiana will wash out to sea; that the North shore of Lake Ponchertrain will be the new gulf coast of the state; and New Orleans, Metarie, & Kenner will be an island in the gulf surrounded by dikes.
Yeah, really - I believe Boston is the city in the US with the worst roads, according to a study I read last year (unless they've dramatically improved). But they do have a subway here...
Yeah, that's the ticket! A New Orleans subway. There's an idea whose time has come (and gone). I'm surprised the politicians haven't realized what kind of a personal cash cow an idea like that could be for each of them.
I was kidding... of COURSE a New Orleans subway is a dumb idea. Wouldn't necessarily stop them. OTOH the idea of a maglev train comes up every now and then, which is a bad idea for the same reason that roads are a bad idea here (the sinking ground).
It is more feasible though. From what I understand, it is possible architecturally in the same way skyscrapers are - by using support systems twice as deep and strong as those of skyscrapers built on non-swampland.
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Agreed. Especially around where I live. Crap, are the roads bad right now.
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I've lived in the south pretty much my whole life (except 0-6 of which I have no memory) so am unfamiliar with things like frost heave.
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it's a given.
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But they do have a subway here...
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