r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ActualInstance2195 • 3d ago

Video Fascinating growth made by China!

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u/Mundane-Pen-7105 3d ago

England has pots holes that have took longer to fill.

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u/dreamrpg 3d ago

I wonder who owns the roads where those holes are?

In my city private roads have 40 year old holes and people still believe government will fix those one day :)

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u/ilikethejuices 2d ago

What? What are "private" roads? Privately owned or in like a segregated community sorta thing. I was gobsmacked when I found out u can essentially buy stocks for prisons awhile back... Please don't tell me even public roads get outsourced to private contractors too?????

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u/dreamrpg 2d ago

It can be either.

For USA more common example would be comminity with private roads where others cannot enter.

But there also can be a case where non enclosed road was created for needs of apartment building. Whole building is owned by owners of apartments, land is owned by owners of apartments and road is owned and must be maintained by owners of apartments.

And yes, those are free to choose who maintains that road.