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Comment by blauditore

5 hours ago

Not sure if that's a serious question, but your driveway might lack a proper foundation, so the surface is moving and cracks. Also, it's likely not concrete, but tarmac (which is much softer).

A significant number of American driveways are concrete. I'm not going to look up numbers, but I would have to believe that more are concrete than asphalt/tarmac. Unpaved driveways could outnumber both, who knows, but most people with paved driveways have concrete.

  • I’ve never understood why people so frequently choose poured concrete over cheap interlocking pavers. Where I live, it’s extremely common to see someone pour a concrete driveway then promptly cut it up because they forgot something.

    • In contrast I've never seen someone have to cut up a driveway.

      There are many ways concrete is superior to pavers. One of the most important is that it is miserable and almost impossible to properly clear snow and ice from pavers.

    • They sink when a car repeatedly drives over them. I watched a neighbor redo their yellow brick driveway. Well. Only briefly…

      Ruts were visible pretty quickly again