I understand; it is becoming very Third World here. Not just the people, but because the money has run out everything is deteriorating. Stop signs are overgrown with low-hanging branches (think about that!), road surfaces are horrible, and nothing is maintained (but our swollen ranks of public employees get paid!)...
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Quite some years ago, many drivers in parts of Long Island (Suffolk County, anyway-) didn’t even STOP at a visible stop sign - !
Our freeways here in Calif. are maintained a heck of a lot better than back east, in New York/Long Island.