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Real estate search site RentHop analyzed Boston’s pothole requests from 2016 and early 2017 to divine where the street pocks are most prevalent.
Here are the key findings:
- 1,015 unique potholes requests submitted in 2016 and 2017 (as of April 17, 2017)
- Almost as many requests submitted in first four months of 2017 (471) as in all of 2016 (544)
- The Fenway/Kenmore/Longwood area has the most pothole requests
- Mission Hill has the highest density of pothole requests
- The BOS:311 app appears to be effective in getting citizens to report potholes
- Most (93.7 percent) of the requests for pothole maintenance are overdue
And here’s a rundown of potholes in aggregate and by density.
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Finally, check out the chart below. It would appear that requests for pothole fixes have indeed spiked recently. Everyone emerging all at once from winter?
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- The holy streets of Boston [RentHop]