Utility worker pierced pipe before Mass. gas blast

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12. Where do you live that there is

public space to build utility access tunnels? In older cities - by which I mean most cities established before the automobile - most downtown roads are often so narrow traffic only flows one-way. Above ground is not plausible because any natural disaster of any proportion will blow it away. Underground is not realistic in areas prone to floods or earthquakes or even coal or natural gas reserves. Not to mention the only way this could be paid for would be for the utility companies themselves to all join together to spend the money on the plans, permits, workers and equipment to accomplish this. Like that would ever happen.