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****, the Boston one actually looks like every English city. Reading this thread I can see how it might be a pain to drive in. Never really thought about it. Most would hate driving here lol.
NYC and it's not even close: Super aggressive cabs, pedestrians that don't really give a $;:$& if a light is red, and absolutely awful entry/exit traffic into/out of Manhattan during rush hour. Thank God for the subway.
The left turn off of Flatbush Avenue onto Tillary Street (westbound) is one of the most dangerous turns in America IMO. There are two turn lanes and five lanes altogether leading up to the Manhattan Bridge, but most people have no problem turning out of any lane. If you are in the outermost turn lane, you will often be blocked by a flood of cars from the non-turning lanes cutting in front of you. For residents, this encourages dangerous behavior because you get sick of getting stuck at the light, so you start doing the same thing. For tourists, it's disconcerting because you see a car next to you that you think is going straight all of a sudden put the pedal to the metal in an effort to beat you through the light.
Philadelphia -- at least on the side streets because they often are so narrow and in many cases parking is on both sides of the street due to the old row-houses built before autos and garages. Philly's freeway system stinks -- both in terms of coverage and in terms of modernity. The Schuylkill Expressway is ancient and, in most places, has tiny, highly inadequate accelerator lanes for freeway entrances -- very dangerous in today's world... but actually, the horrible freeway system and the general high quality and extreme extensiveness of Philly's rail transit network are charms to me...
Chicago -- especially on the North Side. Narrow streets and immense population and traffic. Try Lincoln heading north during rush hour. If you have hair now, you won't after doing this a few times... Also the JFK out to/past O'Hare is a nightmare well into the night. You can often sit in stopped traffic and watch the L trains whiz by... frustrating.
Atlanta -- even though I like MARTA, it hasn't expanded with Atlanta's extreme sprawl esp in the burbs to the North... They could really use commuter rail deep into the burbs to supplement MARTA's metro trains in the city and close-in burbs... Driving I-85 north; esp during rush hour, is the most horrendous freeway experience I've had in the United States.
New York -- Hey it's New York... 'nuff said.
Write in vote:
Cleveland -- yes, traffic tends to be lighter than most major cities, but oh those streets! They are the worst in the country in terms of pavement. It's often like driving on the surface of the Moon. The excuses: bad winter, lack of funds. These don't fly in my book... and they certainly don't drive.
i dont see why people complain abuot traffic jams. your sitting in a climate-controlled stereo system attached to a message chair. what does it matter whether your driving 5 minutes or 50 minutes ?
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