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• New York almost went bankrupt in 1975; by the early 1980s, its streets were potholed, filthy and dangerous.
• The border road, a potholed single-lane route even in normal times, is pockmarked from exploding artillery rounds, the asphalt churned by caterpillar tracks.
• The Obamas live about an hour's drive first on potholed asphalt roads then on a rutted dirt track into the village of Kogelo from the city of Kisumu, the center of .

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News & Articles

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• Mumbai's Endangered Mannequins
  Even the most ardent supporters of Mumbai (and I count myself as one) will admit that the creaking infrastructure of India’s financial capital is fast making the city a tough place to live in. Atrocious traffic jams, potholed roads and water cuts are par for the course. As I tell my friends in other cities, my Bombay ( I stubbornly refer to it by its old name) has become Slumbay.
  June 13, 2013 - Forbes