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calebnf t1_je4x12f wrote

I just ran past this yesterday evening and noticed. I was genuinely surprised to see it, and it’s really cool. Kind of wish they kept these, honestly. Drivers would be much less likely to speed methinks.

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Odd-Emergency5839 t1_je52k7j wrote

Come to Philly, where people drive their challengers 60mph over cobblestones

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calebnf t1_je53e94 wrote

I lived in Philly for 5 years, so I’m familiar. It slows most people down, but there’s always those people.

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LittleKitty235 t1_je58rqd wrote

"Those people" tend to be the types of people that choose to live in Philadelphia. They are the reason the need to grease their lamposts.

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MiscalculatedRisk t1_je63lx7 wrote

My town still has original brick roads.

Red bricks.

Trust me, you want asphalt. Everyone still speeds and it's even more dangerous because once a brick road falls out of maintenance it's wildly more dangerous than an asphalt road.

Ice and water gets in-between the bricks as well and that makes them wear out faster, as well as chill them longer so that ice and snow takes even longer to melt off them, and because of the lips on the bricks catching snow plows you can't run one over them.

But remember, it gives the town character.

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calebnf t1_je6wc98 wrote

Im no expert, but I think brick is more porous and therefore more prone to damage from freeze-thaw cycles than this, which I think is granite.

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FloraGoforth t1_je6vvz5 wrote

I’m Italian and here we have lots of original bricks/stones original Renaissance street pavements.

Many of us actually don’t like when administrations cover it with asphalt, because it’s like covering/hiding history - even though sometimes is necessary to make it easier for cars, bikes, girls with heels/sandals (hello).

I think with the right maintenance the old layer is pretty cool, at least in residential areas.

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Catatafish t1_je5ei6g wrote

They should dig up these old pavements if they're converting a road to a walking street.

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