I have drove in 49 out of 50 states (never been to Hawaii) and Illinois ranks the worst in my opinion. It’s like they ran out of asphalt and stopped doing any repairs 10 or 20 years ago.
To people not living in the U.S., feel free to complain about your country’s roads too.
I feel like you can do this on any state line transition though, even if they’re both decent roads. They’re never going to sound exactly the same because they were laid at different times (usually)