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		tasuki on Dec 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The cost of being poor: Why it costs so much to be... Eastern Europe represent. We use lots of road salt and plenty 17 year old cars.

dgudkov on Dec 21, 2022 [–]

It's not really comparable. Northern US and Canada use way more salt on roads and it's not the regular salt (it's forbidden) but a pretty aggressive mix of various salts.

I've never seen so many not so old but already rusty cars as in Quebec, Canada.

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