stackyFACTSAsphalt on this 35-degree incline would literally melt and slide down the hill on a hot summer day, taking the neighborhood's cars with it. The street is so cartoonishly vertical that residents walking home get a cardiovascular workout equivalent to climbing an ancient temple.
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