Is this a trick question? The county of course. They own the roads.
Is this a trick answer, or just deeply ignorant. Within 20 miles of me there are different places where a county, a city, a neighborhood and the state own the roads.
Seriously, WTF do you live where there's one answer to this question? Apparently so far out in the boonies you don't even have an interstate.
In a perfect world, sure. That's not reality in most of the US. The county absolutely does NOT provide trash service in my area. And we (via the HOA) absolutely own the roads within the subdivision.
Would be good to get stats on this. Does most of the US (by population, not by area) really not manage the roads (potholes, etc)? And not trash? I've yet to live in a place that didn't have either (across multiple states), but I also don't live in rural areas.
Neighborhood streets - it's mixed, largely on age of development. Pre-1980 (very roughly) that state/county likely own and maintain the roads. Post-1980 (roughly) it's an HOA or condo or similar.
Of course not, that's not how it works. The city contracts with a trash collector and they set a weekly schedule for each neighborhood.
> Who else is going to fix the roads?
Is this a trick question? The county of course. They own the roads.
HOAs have no purpose.