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Originally Posted by fintstone
I really cannot think of any wealthy areas in that county that have dirt/gravel roads. That seems pretty odd (even for Detroit). In general, the state builds and maintains the roads. A state road to a residence in a wealthy part of the state (or county) or to a home in a poorer part of the state (or county) should have equal consideration. The narrow dirt parts are dangerous and very difficult for many cars even without a disaster.
I am not sure how you define "remote, rural areas." They are remote due to poor roads, but people commute to jobs in the city. There are others, but the dirt roads I am talking about are about 15 miles from the center of Asheville as the crow flies or 25 miles by existing roads. I think I have walked every foot of it as I had to walk/hitchhike to or from work/school functions starting in the 7th or 8th grade to my elementary school 6 miles away. Then about 9 more (15 total) to high school and the entire 25 miles to things in the city. After school to Asheville to work was only about 10 miles...because a bus took me to school. One could almost always get a ride (hitchhiking) for part of the way as a young teen (even late at night coming home) because you looked harmless (and folks felt sorry for you).
Yes, the public should be on the hook for the road to poor folks houses the same as for rich ones. Both ay taxes. Some not as much, but after 100 years of taxes, folks should have contributed enough to have a road.
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is weird and I don't know how or why it's like this, but check this out on satellite:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/EybJ4KQkH95HZ9ea8
That residential road is a mile and a half from the priciest mall in the state. It's a mystery.
But when I'm talking about remote I'm talking about the places I've been through in west NC and TN where there's a town of 50 people at a crossroads over a stream in the middle of nowhere. When something happens there's going to be no motivation from the state to repair that infrastructure unless that crossroads impacts freight through the state. If we're talking dirt roads close to town that become inaccessible to school buses when it snows so those kids just don't get picked up then no, that's a problem.