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In reply to the discussion: TX to replace asphalt roads with GRAVEL. [View all]pipi_k
(21,020 posts)In rural Western Mass.
I live about the same distance from a paved road. My road is a combination of dirt and gravel. Sometimes it's actually in better shape than the asphalt road is.
I like that people can't go speeding up and down my road, although some people do it anyway. One day they'll end up 15 or 20 feet down over the side of the road in a creek at the bottom.
Anyway, the only problem we ever had with a cracked windshield was because of a small rock out on the main (paved) road. The only dings and scratches on the body came from parking lots in the city. People opening their own doors. Stray shopping carts rolling into the sides.
I'm even expecting to someday see long scratches along the side put there by some disgruntled idiot who thinks it's OK to vandalize someone's SUV under the assumption that we are city dwellers, not people who live 20+ miles away on a dirt/gravel road at 1300 feet elevation.