Highways

Why is there always another side? Why does there always have to be a counter-argument?

Take highways, for example. Are they good or bad?

They allow people to get from point A to point B clearly, they're generally flat and easy to drive on, plus they're safer than dirt roads. Those are all positives - but that isn't the entire story. Creating, maintaining, changing highways are all environmentally damaging. There is always a ton of traffic. Garbage lines the sides.

So here are my non-rhetorical questions for the day: Are highways bad or good? Are there anythings in this world that can be classified as either bad or good, evil or just?

-M