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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by novok on Sunday October 04, 2020 @02:45PM (#24681295)
Let's do Berkeley, CA, a very wealth city by most measures with really bad roads. Or most of California for that matter, where PG&E can't even bother to do maintenance properly on +100 year old transmission towers and cause wildfires. Or the san bruno gas explosion which was another case of cheaping out on the maintenance.
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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by edoceo on Sunday October 04, 2020 @03:52PM (#24681787)
https://hoodline.com/2016/12/why-sf-oakland-have-america-s-w...

Why SF and Oakland have bad streets (2016)

Edit: remove that AMP bullshit

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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by frankharv on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:52PM (#24683867)
I think the California Public Utilities Commission deserves some of the blame here. They dictate the rates and profit margins.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Anothe...

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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by novok on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:42PM (#24690043)
Most utilities and governments are very intertwined.
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