Which city in the United States has the worst roads? -

Ok. So, I live in Louisiana and travel to many neighborhoods in New Orleans quite often. I have a hunch that New Orleans has the worst roads in the country and possibly the industrialized world. However, I would like to see if there are any cities that have worse road conditions than New Orleans. Now, before you nominate a city, go to Google maps and see what New Orleans looks like with the street view option. Keep in mind, Katrina didn t have much to do with the streets; mainly the buildings, landscaping and utility poles. All the pot holes, poor resurfacing, and bad sidewalks have been there for decades and are the result of horrible city governments. And be sure to only look at streets within the boundaries of New Orleans. All other towns outside of New Orleans belong to different Parishes and therefore are run by completely different Parish governments. (It s just like San Francisco is to the rest of the bay area.)

Sorry, but you are not correct about Katrina and the city sreets in New Orleans. Most of the streets in the flooded areas WERE damaged by being under water for a month, and many of them need to be completely rebuilt (especially in residential areas) because the water staurated the ground under the streets and destroyed the foundations. New Orleans also has additional problems with streets because the ground is soft. Streets in places with bedrock or firm ground last 30+ years after being completely rebuilt. In New Orleans it s about 20 years for a properly re-built street. However, you are correct about the horrible city governments . Three decades of Marion Barry- type administrations have infested City Hall, and are the root-cause of most of New Orleans problems. Among other things, that meant city contracts have gone to friends relatives of politicians with no real quality control for the work done. It s part of the incompetence of city government that is actually corruption. One practical effect is that rebuilt streets are defective from day-one.

I m not sure about particular cities, but I ve driven cross country several times and have to say that Louisiana in general has the worst roads I ve ever been on, mostly uneven and full of pot holes. Some of the roads were extremely narrow with no shoulder and large drop offs on the side, which was pretty scary.

I recently moved to Memphis and the roads here are terrible- so bad that I was tearing up my car and had to sale it and get an SUV. When I was telling this to the guy at the dealership (I HATED getting rid of my car) he told me he used to live in New Orleans and that the road here are no where near as bad as they are there. I can t even imagine!

Well I live somewhere in Canada and there are so many roads here that make me regret driving on them... . Too many potholes and stuff like that, and besides that, they aren t aesthetically pleasing either... there re cracks everywhere.