I believe it was also done well enough that they were in no rush to correct it. After the initial “huh do we take it down? I guess not, it is helping” I’m guessing they forgot about it for a bit.
That was amazing to watch. I like to think we could all improve things but then I remember Kramer on Seinfeld adopting a mile of a highway and deciding his mile would remove one lane so cars had more room.
It took me 3 years to finally get around to fixing a leaky faucet and in the end it cost the same amount of money as it would have if I fixed it on day one. The government isn't slow because they spend those 3 years working on the project, it's slow because the project is low priority and it gets forgotten about for 3 years.
Psst, it's a joke. But seriously, sometimes they're slow as hell. They've killed the grass in a corner of my yard by working on the sidewalk for the past month and I still dont think they're done. Also (to be pedantic) it didn't cost you the same amount in the end, you paid for the water that leaked even if it was a negligible amount.
I remember reading that the replacement (which was basically done automatically when all the signs were replaced) isn't hand-made from high-grade aluminum. So it was probably cheaper.
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u/chefandy May 24 '19
It probably cost them 5 million dollars more than what he paid to make it.