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Les Longino's avatar

Great post! I actually have always liked above-ground utilities. But yeah that puts me at odds with neighbors in the past who griped that they weren't being "undergrounded" in our neighborhoods. I like looking at them though. Kind of like cell phone towers - where I used to live in Arizona, they would disguise them as cactus, palm trees, or pine trees, and they looked ridiculous. Just leave them as is, I say.

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Nick's avatar

Interesting reason as to why the wires are above ground - cost. When I started the article I thought it was an American influence post WW2 as in the US, all cables are above ground, between poles.

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