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I would also agree with Pittsburgh. Hilly roads, terrible signs, snow in winter, and it is hard to find your way around. There is no grid at all. It is all built on old horse and buggy roads built winding around the hills. To this day I still get lost. I grew up out side of Murrysville a suburb to the east. I visit my parents out there and drive the back roads and seriously still get lost on roads that make no sense not far from where I grew up.
pittsburgh (mostly WINTER!) The hills can be hard on you!
For driving, a contender. For ownership, it's easy. Everyone has them. Someone posted some pix of a very low-income area of Pittsburgh, and there were late model cars all over the place (which of course was duly noted here on CD. LOL!).
I think NYC, more specifically Manhattan, would be 1st in this category, hands down. After being a 16 year old with his permit driving through Times Square, driving has been a peice of cake for me. I drive like I've been doing it for 30 years because of NYC.
I thought Boston was a hard city to drive in- crazy one ways going in every which direction, narrow streets and not to mention... someone honking their horn every 10 seconds, LOL.
I found San Francisco an easy city to navigate but parking is a nightmare! Have you ever tried parallel parking on a 45 degree hill in a space that's so tight that you have about plus/minus 12 inches between cars?
Definenentley Chinatown In Nyc You Will For Sure Be Close To Hitting Someone Walkin Across The Street Not To Mention Get A 100 Dollar Ticket For Unloading Luggage For Less Then 10 Seconds
DC can be a difficult city for an out-of-towner to drive around in b/c it is filled with traffic circles and there are not many tall landmarks to guide you around (you can't really get your bearings from the Washington Monument).
DC can be a difficult city for an out-of-towner to drive around in b/c it is filled with traffic circles and there are not many tall landmarks to guide you around (you can't really get your bearings from the Washington Monument).
I find DC's traffic circles to be especially difficult for visitors because with a couple of them, you can't enter the circle by just driving straight on the road you were already on. You have to bear to the right and get on a small connector road in order to enter the circle. Just going straight on the road will take you completely under and past the circle. I knew this beforehand because I had studied a map extensively, but I can see how this could throw someone off.
Also, DC is very bad when it comes to street signs. You have these extremely wide boulevards, yet at many intersections, the only street signage you'll find are those tiny corner signs used in residential areas.
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