Walkable for US

a year ago by InternetCitizen2 to c/pics

finitebanjo 33 points a year ago

I'm 97% sure there is suppose to be a diamond style steel plate here covering the top.

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javiwhite 10 points a year ago

In the UK we've seen grates/covers etc... stolen for scrap; our local council have decided to just replace them with wood it seems, as whenever new ones go down, they're missing within a few weeks. The wood is unsightly, but it doesn't go missing.

wouldn't surprise me if the same has happened here.

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Allemaniac 4 points a year ago

the fuq is going on on your island? If you need to rejoin the EU for order and law, just say so, we would love to take you back lol <3

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Allemaniac 0 points a year ago
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Godnroc 19 points a year ago

Oh man, if only there was a commercially available grate solution for this exact type of location.

I'd wager that they next time they do maintenance to the road or sidewalk that spot gets fixed. So 10-30 years out, probably.

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BarbecueCowboy 3 points a year ago

1349 W Mann Rd, Laredo, TX 78041

It's been like that since at least 2007, looks like we'll know for sure if it's going to get fixed in just another 12 years.

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InternetCitizen2 2 points a year ago

Good geo locate :)

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BarbecueCowboy 1 point a year ago path: 0 17428872 17435961 17470568 17488162, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
SwampYankee 2 points a year ago

There's an underground drainage structure less than 100' away that this swale is connected to. They could have put a gutter inlet in the road and run a pipe instead. How incredibly lazy and cheap...

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HakunaHafada 10 points a year ago

The greatest country in the world!

spoiler

allegedly

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Warl0k3 16 points a year ago

I have no clue why we ever fought so hard to keep texas. Whole place is like this.

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InternetCitizen2 16 points a year ago

Slavery.

Worth noting it was abolished in Mexico at the time.

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vext01 7 points a year ago

What are we looking at? The gutter?

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hperrin 20 points a year ago

Basically the sidewalk is only usable if you have two sturdy working legs. If you use a walker, cane, or wheelchair, youshallnotpass.gif

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vext01 3 points a year ago

I see. Thanks.

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javiwhite 2 points a year ago

Edit: responded to wrong comment. Soz

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southsamurai 1 point a year ago

I could get across it on my cane, but I know way more people that need one that couldn't

Which is my way of backing up what you said, with clarification that not everyone on a cane is exactly the same, what with some people looking at canes as less serious of a medical device than walkers. I mean, I guess that's true to a minor extent, but there's a ton of overlap where a person could use either one equally well.

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lud 3 points a year ago

That gutter (or whatever it's called) is enormous!

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