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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it that areas like Potomac, Bethesda, Rockville, Travaliah, etc. all have decent functioning roads in MoCo while many parts around Silver Spring, Wheaton, etc. have some of the worst roads imaginable? Holy Toledo has anyone ever driven around parts of Silver Spring closer to the border of PG? It is an unmitigated disaster worse than driving on the surface of the moon. Main roads are like a 3rd world country, and man neighborhoods have atrocious quality streets. Why does the county never have this problem in the much whiter and wealthier areas? I'll tell you why, because of racist road inequalities that perpetuate systemic racism. The county spends all of its money to make sure infrastructure is functional in all of the rich white areas while all of the brown people get stuck with roads that may as well be like they are from Mogadishu. It imparts more costs on people who are already poor because they end up having to pay more often for repairs to their cars from having to drive so often on the worst roads in the world. It's really time for the county to address this dispicable inequality. Pave the damn roads in the eastern half of the county already.[/quote] That's funny, because I hit a LOT of potholes in Rockville. [/quote] You haven't driven around Piney Branch road or through some.of the neighborhoods in Silver Spring/Wheaton have you. Imagine the bad roads of Rockville they you describe, but now 100x worse. That's what the poors in MoCo get. It is literally like driving in a 3rd world country around parts of Silver Spring where the poors are.[/quote] It’s really telling that people in Silver Spring think that they are the only ones afflicted by bad roads and that somehow it’s racially motivated. [/quote]
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