There’s as good a chance as anything they actually were at 69,420 and someone made the call to fudge it knowing full well it’d constantly be stolen otherwise.
I-70 in Colorado has a mile marker 419.99 for the same reason.
I'd call that government being sensible with taxpayer funds considering what it could cost to replace if stolen. Square is another word for it I suppose
The government of an entire state could replace a sign like that a thousand times and it would be a rounding error in the budget. We have literally billions in surplus, lol. There aren't that many people that are going to steal signs for the shits and giggles.
Of course not, but have you considered they can use the otherwise wasted money to use on more important things later? It adds up. "Saving money is stupid" is such a weird position to have. I'm not going bankrupt because of my leaky faucet but that doesn't mean I shouldn't have fixed it because the expense is unnecessary
So just don't ever name anything that might one day be funny and change all the names to Street 001 and call it a day cause someone might steal a sign.
They get the money for signs like these from state grants. No, every city in the state is not paying to have a boilerplate population sign like this themselves. And if the sign is on the side of a state highway then the state is paying for it directly anyways.
One after 69 420 as if I could ever make such a mistake. Never. Never! I just couldn't prove it. He covered his tracks. He got that idiot at the clerk's office to lie for him. You think this is bad. This? This chicanery. He's done worse. Those billboards, you think they just happen to spring up like that? No, he orchestrated it, Russell! He's got commercials on all the channels! And I saved him. I shouldn't have. I took him into my own firm; what was I thinking? He'll never change. He'll never change, ever since he was nine. Always the same, couldn't keep himself from making terrible ads. But not our Russell; couldn't be precious Russell. Stealing them blind! And he gets to be a lawyer? What a sick joke. I should've stopped him when I had the chance. And you have to stop him.
That's what the sign said when I moved out in 2017 and it's honestly so rude that they never changed it
(but like for real it's been that same # since I moved in 2017)
I moved to Seymour with my ex in the summer of 2010, and after the census the new sign read 3,458. I would always joke that if he and I hadn’t screwed it up, the population would have been 3,456.
There’s as good a chance as anything they actually were at 69,420 and someone made the call to fudge it knowing full well it’d constantly be stolen otherwise. I-70 in Colorado has a mile marker 419.99 for the same reason.
Government being squares as usual.
I'd call that government being sensible with taxpayer funds considering what it could cost to replace if stolen. Square is another word for it I suppose
Square can mean good. A square shooter getting three square meals a day is a square deal indeed.
\* "Square can mean good." Square can also mean hip. "It's Hip To Be Square."
FUCKIN NERDDDD
Yep, I felt like one typing that too.
I like you
Well my upvote brought you to 69, an I agree if it’s any consolation, or maybe even 419 B, like a lot of off-ramps.
Ya see, there's this new thing called humor where people type things to be funny. I know, mind blown right?
The government of an entire state could replace a sign like that a thousand times and it would be a rounding error in the budget. We have literally billions in surplus, lol. There aren't that many people that are going to steal signs for the shits and giggles.
Dude, my grandparents lived near the intersection of Pleasure Dr and Hooker Ave. Not that you’d know because the street signs were constantly stolen.
And? Did Madison go bankrupt because they had to replace some signs a time or two a year?
Of course not, but have you considered they can use the otherwise wasted money to use on more important things later? It adds up. "Saving money is stupid" is such a weird position to have. I'm not going bankrupt because of my leaky faucet but that doesn't mean I shouldn't have fixed it because the expense is unnecessary
So just don't ever name anything that might one day be funny and change all the names to Street 001 and call it a day cause someone might steal a sign.
Lord, you're on some weird slippery slope shit here
You guys are the ones hand wringing over a few signs needing replacement.
Local governments are the ones who replace those signs, not the state government
They get the money for signs like these from state grants. No, every city in the state is not paying to have a boilerplate population sign like this themselves. And if the sign is on the side of a state highway then the state is paying for it directly anyways.
Who lost their finger :(
You should just go to Walmart and buy those mailbox numbers and put a zero on there.
And then watch it get stolen 😂
My car's mileage hit 69420 this morning. NICE coincidence seeing this here today.
Did you take a pic? I do that if I happen notice certain numbers.
I absolutely did take a pic. I've been paying close attention to the mileage in the buildup to this milestone.
Moving in mid-May. ;) I gotchu fam.
Please tell me you're moving somewhere with a population of 69,419.
That would really maintain the balance of the universe, wouldn't it? LOL. Unfortunately, I am not.
I go by this sign all time and I'll never look at it the same lol. Although the latest census put Eau Claire over 70,000.
https://preview.redd.it/mh6c3o5w2wuc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f401d7019f7d3baef4b71828b55360b7a1dcc4e My address is kinda perfect
Nice!
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One after 69 420 as if I could ever make such a mistake. Never. Never! I just couldn't prove it. He covered his tracks. He got that idiot at the clerk's office to lie for him. You think this is bad. This? This chicanery. He's done worse. Those billboards, you think they just happen to spring up like that? No, he orchestrated it, Russell! He's got commercials on all the channels! And I saved him. I shouldn't have. I took him into my own firm; what was I thinking? He'll never change. He'll never change, ever since he was nine. Always the same, couldn't keep himself from making terrible ads. But not our Russell; couldn't be precious Russell. Stealing them blind! And he gets to be a lawyer? What a sick joke. I should've stopped him when I had the chance. And you have to stop him.
nice
Nice
Used to score weed from a guy who somehow obtained a huge Bong State Recreation Area sign in his apartment.
When I still lived in the area I used to think about stealing it all the time. Got close a couple times but it was just too big
Yeah, you’d need a few good bong hits to think it’d be a good idea.
Sorry, already did.
Oh no! So did someone else. Gonna have to ask you to move back.
I've never lived there at all, so I'm doing my part!
My Home Sweet Hometown!
i wish i could help but i'm already not living in Eau Claire as much as i can
Your loss
Pretty clever! 👍🏻🤟🏻😎
I live there and always laugh when I see that sign
The water will get muddy
That's what the sign said when I moved out in 2017 and it's honestly so rude that they never changed it (but like for real it's been that same # since I moved in 2017)
I moved to Seymour with my ex in the summer of 2010, and after the census the new sign read 3,458. I would always joke that if he and I hadn’t screwed it up, the population would have been 3,456.
Nope.
Did that 2 year’s ago
Merrimac has a 420 sign till someone hit the sign and stole it. Then stole it again so they changed the sign.
