Most annoying thing you discovered upon moving to St Louis (St. Louis: rent, high school)

[U146]

Originally Posted by OpanaPointer

We haven't been over a 100 for weeks. Just sayin'.

We were yesterday. High was 101 degrees.

[OpanaPointer]

Originally Posted by U146

We were yesterday. High was 101 degrees.

Okay, "one day" recently.

2012, on the other hand...

[MUTGR]

Originally Posted by FrankMiller

It's more that they have a very specific idea of the community they're willing to tolerate, i.e. people who can afford homes like theirs. That's why so many of these subdivisions form HOAs with anti-rental covenants, fight tooth and nail against nearby rental properties, etc. They want to maintain isolation from anyone who isn't the Right Kind of People.

Ah, shifting goalposts.

[Sundaydrive00]

Originally Posted by U146

We were yesterday. High was 101 degrees.

Where? NOAA shows that the high in Maplewood was 94.

[OpanaPointer]

Originally Posted by Sundaydrive00

Where? NOAA shows that the high in Maplewood was 94.

We had a 98 on the 4th, nothing higher than 95 otherwise, plenty of 80's.

[MUTGR]

Originally Posted by Sundaydrive00

Where? NOAA shows that the high in Maplewood was 94.

I don't think it was near 100, but it was very humid. Perhaps they were looking at the heat index.

[latetotheparty]

Originally Posted by OuttaTheLouBurbs

Can't believe people are complaining about St Louis drivers. They aren't that bad, especially compared to the nutcases in Kentucky and Ohio.

or the nutcases in Houston, where I learned to drive back in the 70's.....

Given that, I have always thought St. Louis traffic was no biggie, with exception of the occasional rush hour catastrophe..... We have a rush HOUR here..... as opposed to a rush ALL-DAY-LONG in Houston and other overcrowded cities.....

[MOforthewin]

Originally Posted by latetotheparty

or the nutcases in Houston, where I learned to drive back in the 70's.....

Given that, I have always thought St. Louis traffic was no biggie, with exception of the occasional rush hour catastrophe..... We have a rush HOUR here..... as opposed to a rush ALL-DAY-LONG in Houston and other overcrowded cities.....

Other than 270 and of course having to drive in the occasional snow and ice, Stl traffic isn't terrible. Even in SWFL the traffic is a lot worse in general than St. Louis especially during season. The roads seem a lot more congested than St. Louis. Up in Tampa metro even though the metro is same size as stl, the traffic seems more congested and st. pete, tampa area the highway system is a lot more confusing to me than St. Louis.

Overall St. Louis road set up isn't too bad. I'm talking both the city and county. Compared to the rest of the country, it's not too hard to navigate.

Even Port Charlotte to my north isn't a huge town and traffic is much worse than it is in St. Louis suburbs when driving on 41 and it's a small town lol.

I don't know what it is about FL drivers, but especially on the interstate they're terrible drivers. Many drive way too fast and even will cut you off even if there is no one in front of you and plenty of space. It's not just the immigrants bs because the whites drive just as bad too.

[OpanaPointer]

I watch a lot of dash cam videos on Youtube* and that helps me accept St. Louis traffic. But I still try to get away from cars with no drivers, i.e., the ones where the only occupant in the car is busy on their cell phone. Add the Pokeholers, and things just get worse.






*Former auto claims handler here.

[aliasfinn]

Originally Posted by OpanaPointer

I watch a lot of dash cam videos on Youtube* and that helps me accept St. Louis traffic. But I still try to get away from cars with no drivers, i.e., the ones where the only occupant in the car is busy on their cell phone. Add the Pokeholers, and things just get worse.






*Former auto claims handler here.

Whenever you are the first one to arrive at a red light always honk your horn in case the ones behind you aren't paying attention.