[Born Conservative]

You apparently have never driven in Pennsylvania. You may have swamps, but we have freeze-thaw cycles and use salt on the roads with every snowstorm. Potholes wherever you drive.

[Gordongekko909]

You apparently have never driven in Louisiana. Marsh gas bubbles up from deep below the earth, causing sinkholes in the roads. Brand-spanking-new roads can be suddenly destroyed by a particularly big pocket of gas. There's also the occasional flood.

But I'll take your word for it. : )