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The house I grew up in was on a dirt road out in the country. In the mid-70s, when I was maybe 5-6 years old, the county paved the road and the electric co-op moved the lines underground. Tons of fun for a little boy to watch! (Though I missed seeing the road grader going by periodically to smooth the dirt road) Anyway, by the late 80's the underground system had become very unreliable, with constant outages. It turns out the insulation was failing way sooner than expected. Eventually it all got replaced.
I think the co-op ran so much underground because it was seen as more reliable in the long-term, not just for looks, but that bad wire messed it all up.
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Bryan
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