Re:Why doesn't Costa Rica use real addresses?
by jessekv on Friday March 03, 2023 @04:34AM
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In my limited experience, Michigan has no peers. It's a uniquely brutal place to drive.
Re:Why doesn't Costa Rica use real addresses?
by sethrin on Saturday March 04, 2023 @01:05PM
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Not all of the Alcan is bad, but it's worse the further north you get. Alaskan roads are generally not built to Interstate standards, mostly being two-lane undivided highways. In general the US side is probably marginally better but neither side stands out as being particularly good; road maintenance at those latitudes is challenging.
Does this include the TCH? The average American who sees it on a map (or the average Ontarian who never leaves the Windsor-Quebec City belt) assumes that it's like a US interstate, as opposed to in many places traffic lights, private driveways opening onto it, and (as you say) one lane in each direction.
>Having driven all over the eastern half our country and a few places in the western half as well as much of the eastern half of America I much prefer Canada's.
I have heard that Canada's portion of the Alaska Highway is terrible compared to the US portion, presumably because the US portion is held to Interstate standards.
>Counter that to places in America (looking at you Michigan) where driving can feel like it's going to shake the nuts off your car, and then you cross a border into say Ohio and everything is back to normal
Roads in Canada are 100% provincial matters (which is why the TCH isn't like Interstates). I would be surprised if there isn't a Canadian province that is Michigan's equivalent compared to its peers.