Message from @notaglobe

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2020-01-22 10:37:00 UTC  

are roads privatized in the uk?

2020-01-22 10:37:08 UTC  

no

2020-01-22 10:37:08 UTC  

yes and no

2020-01-22 10:37:09 UTC  

generally no

2020-01-22 10:37:09 UTC  

No, Cabbage, but the maintenance of them is contracted out

2020-01-22 10:37:19 UTC  

Whereas it used to be done in-house

2020-01-22 10:37:35 UTC  

finding a private road is hard and its normally connecting to a home or business

2020-01-22 10:37:44 UTC  

It's why the roads are shit, and will continue to be shit

2020-01-22 10:37:55 UTC  

The maintenance model is totally unfit for purpose

2020-01-22 10:37:58 UTC  

as if state run road maintenance is cheaper and more efficient

2020-01-22 10:38:00 UTC  

but we can sue for problems on the roads

2020-01-22 10:38:08 UTC  

They're still shit, wladfa

2020-01-22 10:38:09 UTC  

so if you fuck up your wheel because of a pot hole

2020-01-22 10:38:15 UTC  

anything done for the state is automatically 300% more expensive and 300% more shit tbh

2020-01-22 10:38:16 UTC  

so it's kinda sorta ok

2020-01-22 10:38:16 UTC  

An interesting bit of data on my search

2020-01-22 10:38:19 UTC  

but still annoying

2020-01-22 10:38:46 UTC  

@Cabbage not sure i'd want private roads

2020-01-22 10:39:08 UTC  

Wladfa, you can't sue for the 99% of cases where the constant use of poor quality roads is significantly reducing the life of your car and increasing your chances of an accident

2020-01-22 10:39:30 UTC  

true

2020-01-22 10:39:42 UTC  

The "sue" argument covers the fringe cases

2020-01-22 10:40:21 UTC  

then we need to open the local govs to be sued for poor quality roads in some format

2020-01-22 10:40:22 UTC  

Like the NHS, the roads moved to a "triage" system which means it can never be better than "attrociously mediocre"

2020-01-22 10:40:27 UTC  

okay so

2020-01-22 10:40:29 UTC  

Won't happen

2020-01-22 10:40:35 UTC  

I found some stats

2020-01-22 10:40:38 UTC  

very detailed

2020-01-22 10:40:43 UTC  

but fucking shite to look at

2020-01-22 10:40:49 UTC  

so have this and I'll keep looking

2020-01-22 10:41:35 UTC  

basically huge amounts of young people (30 and younger) are living rent free or in the care of others

2020-01-22 10:42:30 UTC  

what do the colours represent

2020-01-22 10:42:45 UTC  

I can't read this 😦

2020-01-22 10:42:46 UTC  

look to the right, they represent proportion of that age

2020-01-22 10:42:48 UTC  

I know

2020-01-22 10:42:51 UTC  

I said it was fucky

2020-01-22 10:43:05 UTC  

so blue is babies?

2020-01-22 10:43:07 UTC  

blue means nobody, red means everybody

2020-01-22 10:43:17 UTC  

No age is bottom to top

2020-01-22 10:43:19 UTC  

OH