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Old 01-23-2015, 10:03 AM
 
Location: Vancouver
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Non-descript office and commercial buildings made with cheap materials and in questionable states of repair (or disrepair), with large advertising signs on the roof. Right up against the edge of an elevated highway with crumbling sections.

Brooklyn looks quite different in those shots.
I seem to remember the roads in Quebec not being in the best of shape. Is this true?
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Old 01-23-2015, 12:01 PM
 
Location: Cambridge, MA/London, UK
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I seem to remember the roads in Quebec not being in the best of shape. Is this true?
Acajack can chime in with his own impressions, but yes they are terrible. The only roads that rival the shi*tiness of Quebec's are the roads in Massachusetts. Which is one of the many ways Boston and Montreal always remind me of each other
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Location: Western Massachusetts
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Acajack can chime in with his own impressions, but yes they are terrible. The only roads that rival the shi*tiness of Quebec's are the roads in Massachusetts. Which is one of the many ways Boston and Montreal always remind me of each other
Are they really that bad?
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Old 01-23-2015, 12:27 PM
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Looks like it could be the main street of a town:

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...53,,0,-10&z=14

not as much but nice street!

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...,,0,-2.75&z=15

green residential street with brick:

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...,0,-19.85&z=15

Back in the USA

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Gre...341.6,,0,-2.21

Spot a few Polish signs

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Gre...338.78,,0,0.99

Brick residential street:

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Gre...262.44,,0,0.31
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Old 01-23-2015, 12:35 PM
 
Location: Gatineau, Québec
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Acajack can chime in with his own impressions, but yes they are terrible. The only roads that rival the shi*tiness of Quebec's are the roads in Massachusetts. Which is one of the many ways Boston and Montreal always remind me of each other
Yes, they are quite bad. Although in the past 5 years they've done a major rebuild of the provincial highway network including the main autoroutes, which are now in pretty good shape I must say.

Municipal roads tend to be quite bad. This is especially true in Montreal and most of the larger cities. Some affluent suburbs and smaller towns will tend to have better roads though.
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Old 01-23-2015, 12:36 PM
 
Location: Cambridge, MA/London, UK
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Are they really that bad?
Yup..that bad! And we know bad in Mass!
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Old 01-23-2015, 12:40 PM
 
Location: Cambridge, MA/London, UK
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Yes, they are quite bad. Although in the past 5 years they've done a major rebuild of the provincial highway network including the main autoroutes, which are now in pretty good shape I must say.

Municipal roads tend to be quite bad. This is especially true in Montreal and most of the larger cities. Some affluent suburbs and smaller towns will tend to have better roads though.
My last visit to Montreal was last year and I noticed that they were bad but not quite as bad as usual. What you described though really mirrors Massachusetts. Some seem to get fixed in decent time and others are in just downright deplorable shape.

Admittedly though I haven't spent much time in Quebec outside of Montreal and QC.
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Old 01-23-2015, 12:51 PM
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Graffiti mural in DUMBO

https://maps.google.fr/maps?q=Dumbo,...309.11,,0,9.24

old streetcar tracks:

https://maps.google.fr/maps?q=Dumbo,...107.53,,0,5.42

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Old 01-23-2015, 12:55 PM
 
Location: Sweden
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Have they thought about doing night time street view It'd be really good I think
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Old 01-23-2015, 12:59 PM
 
Location: Cambridge, MA/London, UK
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Few more of London

Shad Thames:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sh...fd4ade!6m1!1e1

Borough Market:

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5057...kx0T95gNNw!2e0

Butlers Wharf:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bu...57f908!6m1!1e1

Brixton Market:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Br...3cf5b0!6m1!1e1
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