Why are roads so bad in Houston?

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Why is it the roads all over Houston are so bad? Some of them just have potholes every where and are just rough. I have never seen such bad roads except in Mexico.

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They are so bad because Houston has a lot of seismic activity, just like Missouri. The reason that we dont have earthquakes is because we are on mud instead of rock.

Google about the Spring Branch fault running about from Beltway 8 and Katy Frwy to Northwest mall area. there are homes on that fault that are split in half. The roads also incline about 4 feet on it.

All the moving ground makes the concrete shift and break, creating potholes, so we started using asphalt which gives somewhat. This is also why we have sinkholes like the one that was 1/2 mile wide at Gulfgate mall, etc...

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not enough people complain to their government about them
Why is the crime rate so high in Houston....that's the question that should be asked !
horrible government.
to many roads,not enough money,greedy polititions,just to name
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Well look down under and the potholes are so big people disapear forever..................it's the black hole............
I don't think the roads are bad compares to northeast or north central. We don't have those huge potholes created by the cold weather.