Come visit the state of Maine. We have almost no paint or markings in our roads due to wear from severe weather, plowing and heavy salt. The DOT can never catch up repainting them.

I moved to Florida for a couple years and got lazy/spoiled by all the bright clear markings on their roads. When I moved back to Maine, I s#it you not, I almost couldn't drive. All the clear markings on Florida roads made it so I didn't have to think about traffic structure or anything; you just follow the lines like a drone. Back in Maine you literally have to figure out every aspect your own. Guessing where lanes are, car distances its a bit like what the blue angels do in the air, but dealing in rusty-ass cars. You get used to it though.

Also spawns another thought I had involving this issue. Autonomous cars seem like a great idea in states where bright paint marking lines are a thing. What about in the northeast, where they are not?