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Old 09-03-2019, 04:04 PM
 
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Can't say I'm surprised. All things considered, the ATL is a pretty good place to drive compared to similar cities.

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For its report, the personal finance website compared the 100 largest US cities across four key dimensions: cost of ownership and maintenance; traffic and infrastructure; safety; and access to vehicles and maintenance. WalletHub evaluated those four dimensions across 30 metrics, with a 100 representing the most favorable conditions for drivers.

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Old 09-03-2019, 04:32 PM
 
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Can't say I'm surprised. All things considered, the ATL is a pretty good place to drive compared to similar cities.
It then ranked Orlando as #2
Austin as #16
San Antonio as #18

Meh, sorry - not buying it... all three of those cities are a pain in the neck to drive through.

Maybe in the respect for having services for cars they rank high, but infrastructure is garbage in Austin, Orlando is about average for a city its size, Atlanta is sub-average for a city its size, San Antonio's infrastructure just comes off as half complete.
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Old 09-03-2019, 04:42 PM
 
Location: Houston(Screwston),TX
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I have to question any list that Houston ranked as 27. It should be way down on the list of worst cities to drive in.
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Old 09-03-2019, 04:45 PM
 
Location: Born + raised SF Bay; Tyler, TX now WNY
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I’m a trucker, so I admittedly am mostly just getting the loop 285 experience, but...ATL is one of my least fav places to drive. Houston and Austin are up there too, Chicago as well.
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Old 09-03-2019, 09:05 PM
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It then ranked Orlando as #2
Austin as #16
San Antonio as #18

Meh, sorry - not buying it... all three of those cities are a pain in the neck to drive through.

Maybe in the respect for having services for cars they rank high, but infrastructure is garbage in Austin, Orlando is about average for a city its size, Atlanta is sub-average for a city its size, San Antonio's infrastructure just comes off as half complete.
Its total nonsense, just like the last Wallethub thing I saw (don't remember what it was on).


"...A 2018 study by EducatedDriver determined the average Atlanta commuter will spend $182, 886 and 288,000 miles over the course of a lifetime — more than any other city in its survey..."

Yet Wallethub rates Atlanta #10 in cost of ownership and maintenance. #88 in safety is the one metric they have fairly good. That's reflected in the insurance rates. Traffic and infrastructure #23?????
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Old 09-04-2019, 06:36 AM
 
Location: Duluth, GA
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Allstate wasn't so kind in their assessment of Atlanta drivers...

https://www.allstate.com/americas-be...vers/index.htm
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Old 09-04-2019, 06:41 AM
 
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It's not like it's a double blind peer reviewed study.

Anybody can spend an hour looking at stats and then create any list they want. It's pure garbage.
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Old 09-04-2019, 08:18 AM
 
Location: Jonesboro
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Default ATL one of the best cities to drive in..

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Allstate wasn't so kind in their assessment of Atlanta drivers...

https://www.allstate.com/americas-be...vers/index.htm

Speaking personally from my own 40 years of driving in metro Atlanta & knowing what it's like for me at the current time, the Allstate ranking of #178 is more like it.
Any survey that ranks Atlanta high or even as average in terms of the overall driving experience, is pure garbage, to put it charitably.
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Old 09-04-2019, 08:35 AM
 
Location: Kirkwood
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Click bait
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Old 09-04-2019, 12:01 PM
 
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HA. Yeah I used to like driving, but that was before I moved here. Atlanta quickly changed that.
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