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Grumpicake t1_iz9zvem wrote

Reply to comment by Flimsy-Lie-1471 in Pennsylvania earned an overall C-minus for infrastructure in the latest report card issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Statewide transit received a “D,” which did not seem to surprise SEPTA’s general manager. by PienotPi

Even if they’re motivated pointing out deficiencies… that means there’s still deficiencies, right? Like, they can’t just fabricate things that aren’t there.

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OhioJeeper t1_ize3nxf wrote

There will always be deficiencies, I think that's the point they're making. The US is weird about grading where anything less than an A is unacceptable.

I'm not really seeing it here but these threads tend to dive into people shitting on the US's infrastructure (which by most rankings is some of the best in the world) because an organization who's job it is to be critical about our infrastructure issues a report that's critical on our infrastructure.

That said this state's infrastructure does fucking blow. Like I grew up in Ohio and thought ours was bad but moving to PA was eye-opening. Thank god our state police are funded though, that's something no other state has figured out how to pay for without dipping into money that's supposed to go to road maintenance /s.

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Nukemanrunning t1_iza17ie wrote

Oh yeah, but they maybe incredibly minor.

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Grumpicake t1_iza2fh7 wrote

Sure, that’s probably bound to happen, but I would say PA deserves a low grade for infrastructure, no?

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Flimsy-Lie-1471 t1_iza4dko wrote

Is your car in perfect condition? Is that minor squeak worth fixing or is it a turn up the radio problem?

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Grumpicake t1_izaf7pf wrote

Dude, the roads do not have MINOR problems, you have to be joking.

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Flimsy-Lie-1471 t1_izagnga wrote

A lot better than they were. And remember they got so bad because of the stupid no new taxes pledge. Gas tax didn’t go up for so long that the roads fell apart.

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