What are the most difficult U.S. cities to drive in and/or to own a car? (car insurance, GPS)

[StuckPA]

Originally Posted by orrmobl

good people end up in bad places in Boston...

Hey I'm gonna use that line for me and Philly

[ontheroad]

I'd say in general US cities are difficult to drive in and I have lived and/or worked in several: NYC, Boston, San Francisco, Providence, and others.

But parking and driving are different, and road wear is probably a third category.

In my experience, Boston was harder to park than Manhattan. I could get a garage spot in nearly any neighbourhood in NYC, but not in Boston.

Hillside had some good answers.

[Future Trooper]

Originally Posted by Rwarky

What are the most difficult U.S. cities to drive in and/or to own a car, due to density, narrow streets, small amounts of parking space, etc.?

Indianapolis,Indiana 11th Largest city in America with a MSA of 2,300,000 is the most easiest Large city to get around in most cases you can go from one end of town to the other in about 30 minutes plus Indianapolis is larger than Los Angeles in terms of land but Indy's population is almost 4 times as less as Los Angeles so the density if very low and even though Indy doesnt have alot of parking available the city-county council is working quickly to solve that problem and Indy has like 6 dozen Highways and about 7 interstates

[sferrigan]

Boston, MA without a doubt. There are areas where you have 3 different right hand turns to pick from at a stop light with a bunch of crazies honking at you relentlessly.

[CharleyMcGarley]

Boston gets my vote also - streets from colonial times + modern day traffic = nightmare.

[jtur88]

Hands down---Boston. No contest. (But there would be a contest if Montreal was in the USA. Due to the drivers, not to any topological factors.)

Chicago and Atlanta are bad, too. I haven't been in Austin lately, but people from there say it is becoming a traffic nightmare.

[us66]

I've never driven in Boston but it sounds bad. I've never driven in the city of Pittsburgh either, but I was stuck in Clarion for a while during an ice storm last December and saw the Pitt news channels with all the cars sliding down the hills. I've driven in Philly a couple of times...NE Phila seemed okay for driving but it's newer. Downtown sucked, worse than Manhattan to me, that big traffic square, lots of no left turns, etc. I did okay in Manhattan, actually. Actually broke 50 MPH on Broadway that night. Pedestrians are pretty smart (they seem to know when you're going to give them right of way and when you're not) and the only way to drive there is to be as nasty as the locals. I did well cutting off taxis and Town Cars. My worst city for driving? Niagara Falls, ON. Hills, curvy streets, and stupid tourist pedestrians. Chicago is a bit challenging too. Detroit's only bad in the wintertime as the local municipalities have gotten stingy with the salt. Toronto isn't bad for as dense as it is, except for those darn pedestrians again, and the bicyclists that won't stay in the bike lane. Las Vegas is bad too, with the lost tourists driving around, a fender bender around every corner, and the Californians riding their motorcycles between cars.

[mustang84]

Orlando at rush hour is trying on the nerves. A combination of senior citizens, clueless tourists, and Latino immigrants means that traffic laws are only a suggestion. I've driven in plenty of large cities before, but Orlando takes the cake for worst I've had to put up with.

Chicago driving really isn't that bad unless you get stuck on the Kennedy or Eisenhower at rush hour. They basically turn into parking lots. Chicago drivers are very aggressive but competent.

I've driven in Atlanta and didn't think it was that bad traffic-wise. The freeways are a mess to navigate though.

[texdav]

Originally Posted by downtownnola

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?

I agree Boston was the worse city for just those reason. Then try to park. Narrow streets with no parking signs everywhere and cars parked half on the sidewalk anyway. Bascaily no parking provide unless you out of downtown area.Alos its not uncommon for a stranger to take waht los like a across street then end up driving in a sqaure to a deadend. Its might be better since the big dig project but it lacked any real freeway system or loops.

[Wilson513]

How could it not be Boston?