[blueerica]

I'm with Alex. IMO, California has such great weather that there's little excuse for the roads to be in such poor condition. A few years back when the Democratic National Convention was held in Los Angeles, the city (or whomever is in charge of this) decided to do a last minute fix up of the major streets out of LAX. Previously, going anywhere that wasn't directly onto the free was like going off-roading, minus the mud. Two blocks away from any major street around LAX was pretty much deemed unnecessary to fix and was left in the sh!ttiest, pot-holiest condition possible. Or maybe they just moved the potholes. It's really hard to say.

The reason why cars are so nice out here, outside of the potholes, is because of the same reason I find no excuse for the crappy roads around me. The weather is too nice. Salted roads = eventual rustbucket. Why get a new car when the salt's going to eat it up next year, anyway?