The size of the Nebraskan rest areas along I-80 are absolutely pathetic. Seeing miles and miles of open farmland and only farmland that surround the rest areas, only for them to have room for about 6 trucks at each rest area. And all of them are old, rundown and poorly maintained. There's no excuse for that.
Nebraska should be ashamed of itself
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First off, I just want to say that I love the Moorehouse Thread in the favorite companies section of the forum and you also personally answered my questions that I had about that company last year. With that said, what I write below is not intended to be argumentative or combative towards you
To answer your question, I'm a North Carolina resident. Not that it matters either way as it still wouldn't change the fact that Nebraska should be ashamed of itself for their terrible rest areas.
You're talking about California, I don't want to talk about California. Let's talk about Nebraska's neighbors, Iowa and South Dakota. Explain to me why Iowa and South Dakota can build an adequate amount of rest areas along their main interstates that are clean and well maintained and have more than 6 lousy parking spaces for trucks?
In my opinion Iowa sets THE gold standard for rest areas along I-80, they have them every 30 minutes like clockwork. Iowa is more populated than Nebraska, with Iowa's population more evenly distributed throughout the state, so I get that Nebraska couldn't do that with where its population centers are in the state.
But what about South Dakota? South Dakota is very similar to Nebraska in terms of its size and the distribution of its population. South Dakota I-90 is all but in name the equivalent of Nebraska's I-80. South Dakota on I-90 is almost identical to Nebraska on I-80, where South Dakota has a few "big" population centers throughout I-90, with the rest of it being very rural, just like Nebraska is on I-80. And yet South Dakota can actually build decent and a respectable number of rest areas along that stretch of road with plenty of parking.
Both Iowa and South Dakota have reasonable taxes (among the best in the nation in South Dakota's case) and smooth roads.
So if Iowa and South Dakota can do it, what's Nebraska's excuse?
Nebraska doesn't have an excuse and it's a sorry ### state when it comes to rest areas. As busy and as vital as Interstate 80 is to the nation, that's downright disrespectful to truck drivers to give them 6 whopping parking spaces for most rest areas along I-80, when said rest areas are surrounded by nothing but fields as far as the eyes can see. I stand by my title, Nebraska should be ashamed of itself.mitmaks, CowboyTim, Lumper Humper and 5 others Thank this. -
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