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Just because someone from Tennessee, the Center of the Universe, wouldn't be driving through it? It's on I-20. I haven't driven I-40 in years. Guess Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville are isolated, too.
Well, thank you for recognizing what we Tennesseans already know, that this is the center of the universe.
But in all seriousness, it's not that Augusta is "isolated" as much as it is not on the way to a lot of major cities.
I-20 is a major route...but primarily from Atlanta westward. And 20 is the only interstate route in Augusta...there's not a crossroads like you have with Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.
You would travel through Memphis and Knoxville on the route from LA to Washington.
You would travel through Knoxville and Chattanooga on the route from Detroit to Miami.
You would travel through Memphis on the route from Chicago to New Orleans.
You would travel through Chattanooga on the route from Chicago to Miami.
You would travel through Knoxville and Memphis on the route from New York to Dallas.
You would travel through Knoxville on the route from New York to Houston.
It's not that it is hard to get to Augusta, it's just that it is not a city that most people would travel through. For better or worse, a lot of potential traffic is sucked away by 75, 85, and 95.
Well, thank you for recognizing what we Tennesseans already know, that this is the center of the universe.
But in all seriousness, it's not that Augusta is "isolated" as much as it is not on the way to a lot of major cities.
I-20 is a major route...but primarily from Atlanta westward. And 20 is the only interstate route in Augusta...there's not a crossroads like you have with Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.
You would travel through Memphis and Knoxville on the route from LA to Washington.
You would travel through Knoxville and Chattanooga on the route from Detroit to Miami.
You would travel through Memphis on the route from Chicago to New Orleans.
You would travel through Chattanooga on the route from Chicago to Miami.
You would travel through Knoxville and Memphis on the route from New York to Dallas.
You would travel through Knoxville on the route from New York to Houston.
It's not that it is hard to get to Augusta, it's just that it is not a city that most people would travel through. For better or worse, a lot of potential traffic is sucked away by 75, 85, and 95.
Just because someone from Tennessee, the Center of the Universe, wouldn't be driving through it? It's on I-20. I haven't driven I-40 in years. Guess Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville are isolated, too.
Well, thank you for recognizing what we Tennesseans already know, that this is the center of the universe.
But in all seriousness, it's not that Augusta is "isolated" as much as it is not on the way to a lot of major cities.
I-20 is a major route...but primarily from Atlanta westward. And 20 is the only interstate route in Augusta...there's not a crossroads like you have with Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.
You would travel through Memphis and Knoxville on the route from LA to Washington.
You would travel through Knoxville and Chattanooga on the route from Detroit to Miami.
You would travel through Memphis on the route from Chicago to New Orleans.
You would travel through Chattanooga on the route from Chicago to Miami.
You would travel through Knoxville and Memphis on the route from New York to Dallas.
You would travel through Knoxville on the route from New York to Houston.
It's not that it is hard to get to Augusta, it's just that it is not a city that most people would travel through. For better or worse, a lot of potential traffic is sucked away by 75, 85, and 95.
You do have a point. Things would certainly be different if Augusta had a direct interstate connection to the coast.
Well, thank you for recognizing what we Tennesseans already know, that this is the center of the universe.
But in all seriousness, it's not that Augusta is "isolated" as much as it is not on the way to a lot of major cities.
I-20 is a major route...but primarily from Atlanta westward. And 20 is the only interstate route in Augusta...there's not a crossroads like you have with Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.
You would travel through Memphis and Knoxville on the route from LA to Washington.
You would travel through Knoxville and Chattanooga on the route from Detroit to Miami.
You would travel through Memphis on the route from Chicago to New Orleans.
You would travel through Chattanooga on the route from Chicago to Miami.
You would travel through Knoxville and Memphis on the route from New York to Dallas.
You would travel through Knoxville on the route from New York to Houston.
It's not that it is hard to get to Augusta, it's just that it is not a city that most people would travel through. For better or worse, a lot of potential traffic is sucked away by 75, 85, and 95.
This is one of the keenest points I've ever seen made on C-D! I've often thought it myself, but would never have been able to say it so well.
Augusta's location on I-20 not only isolates it from the rest of the state, but makes it a city few Americans would ever travel through. Nobody is going to go out of their way to "just see" Augusta because it's not really on the way to anywhere. Columbia and Florence are not exactly destinations from the west, and there other major routes up the east coast (95 and 85). Indeed, ithere is far more traffic on I-16 between Macon and Savannah than there is on I-20 between Augusta and Atlanta.
And just to be fair: the same exact thing can be said for Columbus.
They are.Compared to Mississippi pr North Carolina but Georgia has overall better roads than almost any state.Have you been to Memphis or Johnson City in a while?Some of those bridges look terrible.
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