I have drove in 49 out of 50 states (never been to Hawaii) and Illinois ranks the worst in my opinion. It’s like they ran out of asphalt and stopped doing any repairs 10 or 20 years ago.
To people not living in the U.S., feel free to complain about your country’s roads too.
No editing on my part. This is the actual new story headline:
How bad are Michigan roads? Hear for yourself. Michigan roads are so bad that you can hear the difference.
"I used to play a driving game with my kids when they were small. Whenever we found ourselves heading south on I-75 approaching the border with Ohio, I’d ask them to close their eyes and, judging only by the sound of the car as it drove on the road, tell me the instant we had left Michigan.
They never failed to guess correctly. Michigan’s roads have been so bad for so long, even a child can tell the difference."
I feel like you can do this on any state line transition though, even if they’re both decent roads. They’re never going to sound exactly the same because they were laid at different times (usually)
I’d do the same when I lived in Maryland and crossed into Pennsylvania.
Yep, same here. You can always tell when you cross into PA.
years ago, we could always tell when we crossed-over into iowa just from shit-tier freeways we’d encounter… and it made no difference what direction and state we were coming from. which was a different experience than knowing exactly when you left iowa and ventured into omaha… which was done by smell alone.
I drove through Nebraska one time, and the only thing I remember is how bad that state smelled. “Industrial Rot” was the best way I could describe it