On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: >> > I will point out that in my experience, private roads do not tend to >> > be as well >> > maintained overall as public roads with some notable exceptions in >> > very wealthy >> > gated communities. >> >> Ironically, I've had the opposite experience. The nearby Dulles Toll >> Road, Greenway and Beltway HOT lanes are all in much better condition >> than all but a few of the rest of the local roads. My buddies out at >> http://hoveroad.com/ don't keep the roads in as good shape, but they >> are in excellent repair for an organization that maintains 157 miles >> of roads on a $1M annual budget. Vastly better than what I've seen a >> municipality achieve for the same price. > > Stop it, Bill. > > Owen didn't say "privately owned *toll road*"; "very wealthy gated > communities" are even still rarely large enough to need their own > turnpikes. > > If you keep setting up straw men, we'll be happy to knock them down for > you, but you'll end up looking a little foolish.
(A) The referenced example, the HOVE RMC, is 157 miles of privately owned road which is neither a toll road nor a gated community. (B) That was a private message to you and Owen. Is there a particular reason you felt the need to add nanog back to the recipients list? -Bill -- William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> Can I solve your unusual networking challenges?