Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pothole purge saw nearly 8,000 craters filled in a single day – the same number that would usually take New York’s Department of Transport (DOT) a week.
But it was the sound of that specific pothole! How else am I gonna know which pothole is which? Please send help, I’ve been lost in traffic for 4 hours!
There’s a corner gas episode where the small town gets upset after a pothole is filled because it helps reduce the speed of traffic and a speed bump is too fancy
I know you’re joking, but it is so depressing that this is EXACTLY how so many government officials think and how so many constituents have been brainwashed to think.
The typical conservative response to that is “but then they’ll take their businesses elsewhere and now you get nothing.”
The typical conservative response also fails to even consider just how difficult, expensive, and risky it is to move a large business to an entirely new region. Real estate has to be purchased and sold, employees have to be relocated or replaced, logistics have to be established in the new region, valuable business connections and contracts will have to be severed, and for brick and mortar businesses, the competitive landscape will be different.
Sure sure sure, but did the government make any profit from doing this?
Business owners whose vehicles now need less repair and maintenance: “This is unacceptable“
“I used that pothole as a waypoint and now I get lost.”
“Garmin GPS announces next update to bring back missing potholes by playing bang.mp3 without any user input destination needed…”
But it was the sound of that specific pothole! How else am I gonna know which pothole is which? Please send help, I’ve been lost in traffic for 4 hours!
Suspension and tire shops across NYC are sobbing
There’s a corner gas episode where the small town gets upset after a pothole is filled because it helps reduce the speed of traffic and a speed bump is too fancy
YES!! I LOVE CORNER GAS
An incredible pull, but hell yea I see you.
it’s been over a decade since I’ve seen any of that show and I can picture a whole bunch of scenes from that episode in my head
not because I actually remember them, just because the characters and plot are that identifiable
good show
The movie blew my fucking mind…
They were a couple a whole time? 🤣🤣
Dude spoilers!
Fucking socialist, wasting money on things people need.
I know you’re joking, but it is so depressing that this is EXACTLY how so many government officials think and how so many constituents have been brainwashed to think.
and, equally if not more depressingly, governments can make waaay more money by TAXING THE FUCKING RICH!
The typical conservative response to that is “but then they’ll take their businesses elsewhere and now you get nothing.”
The typical conservative response also fails to even consider just how difficult, expensive, and risky it is to move a large business to an entirely new region. Real estate has to be purchased and sold, employees have to be relocated or replaced, logistics have to be established in the new region, valuable business connections and contracts will have to be severed, and for brick and mortar businesses, the competitive landscape will be different.
Also, New York is a market of 5+ million people. They won’t ignore that because of high taxes.
YUUUUP
Car infrastructure doesn’t need to make a profit don’t you know? Its just public transport that needs be a net gain for the city
Ah, you must be one of those people that needs posts to end in “/s” to get the joke.
Haha I think you might be the person who needs the /s. I was just continuing the sarcasm but making an adjacent sarcastic point
I don’t need the
/sI need the
dIf this comment is implying an /s then you got me lol
no, you can see it right there at the end:
/s/s
I’m just trying to fit in.
if this about cars, only the most libertarian would question, if we’re talking about trains tho…
Or also did 20 diff pockets get filled as well??
Who’s going to pay the workers to put the pothokes back?