Improvement before the improvement

The city of Harrisburg has gotten funds to fix up roads in the city- many in my neighborhood: Market St, 17th St., Berryhill. There are now stretches of Market Street that you can drive on without dodging potholes, etc. There have, of course, been fallings-out between city council and the group redoing the streets... I'm not really interested in the politics. The thing I think is funny is this... right now 17th St. is a mess: one group is working on updating something (plumbing, electric... don't know) in front of every house on the street. Part of the street is redone, part of it is not, and part of it has been stripped. The thing is, even in its stripped state, 17th St. is STILL in better shape right now than it was previously. The ride is actually smoother. How sad! (And I can't wait 'til it's all done!)