about 15+yrs ago they wanted 5000.00 for a 2 car driveway!!! My folks laughed & said no thanks. We don't mind gravel, considering my dad is the one who dug 5' into the earth, hauled it away & replaced it with good earth & gravel.. + hes the one how dug under the house to make a basement. We were the only house in the whole area with a full sized basement hehe

So I guess it all depends on what you want & care to pay for. Most of the neighbours got their driveways paved & then they had to tar it nearly every year to keep it all pretty. We had to do nothing the 20+yrs we lived there.