nobody leaves a dent in the surface on purpose, the problem is that whatever caused the pothole is almost certainly still causing it to sink under the surface. A patch doesn't fix the problem, it just makes it less bad.

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SoftTalker 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yep. Step 0 in the above list is "build a road with insufficient subsurface/foundation preparation and drainage"

	▲	dylan604 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There's a section of town that was developed on an old swampy bit of land. They drained the swamp but did not let the land dry/settle long enough after draining the water. This caused parts of the road to sink, but not enough to break/crack the roads. Instead, they just have swells as you're driving along. It's actually impressive on how much sinking happened without breaking the road itself.

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deepsun 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Less bad is ok.