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[SlushboxTeggy]

All the new construction around here is underground. But as it was said before, it's a bitch to maintain. A neighborhood in Hazlet had it in probably the 80s, before it was common place. 30 years later, there are a lot of problems. That being said, I imagine what's installed today is leaps and bounds better than what was used back then.

 

[chestercheeto48]

I show a video in my 9th grade class regarding the Big Dig in Boston. They can tell you the location of underground utilities to the block but after that it is anyone's guess. I am envisioning a ball of spaghetti underground....

 

[Jeef]

When I used to travel I used to hate driving through anything built in the big dig, its so unsafe.

At my condo the street had overhead but the transformers and buildings on the property it was underground. One morning we heard a loud bang and it was the fuse to the transformer out front. The underground wire broke, and it took 7-8 hours to replace. Better in storms but worse for repairs is what the guys from the power company told us.

 

[chadcharb]

my neighborhood is underground and there is a older development right across the street that is above ground and they lose power 5 times as often as i do