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Quality of life, weather, cost of living, education, attractiveness of the population, natural beauty, culture, which group of cities you'd rather live in, jobs, economy, trendsetters, etc.
I-95 by far. Not to mention all the other cities along the way, such as Providence, New Haven, Stamford, Richmond, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and more.
I live in the east side of metro Orlando. About 30 mins from I-95. This summer I drove from Orlando up 95 all the way to NYC, and a few weeks later from Orlando down 95 to Miami. We stopped in many places a long the way. The 95 corridor has a lot of great different cities along it. Its not really fair to compare it to I-5.
I don't really love driving the length of either. But the stretch of I-5 from Santa Clara, CA and Redding, CA MAY be the most miserable stretch of highway I've ever driven. I-5 also doesn't really pass through San Francisco. It's about 60 miles away from downtown San Francisco. Sure... it's close enough, but not exactly ON the corridor.
I guess I have to go with 95 given the variety. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Miami and Washington DC edge out Seattle, Portland, LA, SF, and San Diego by a nose in my opinion (mostly thanks to NYC). But I take the secondary cities along the I-95 Corridor like Providence, Baltimore, New Haven, Richmond, West Palm Beach, etc. over the secondary cities along I-5.
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I-95. A lot more cities and variety of scenery.
cities yes, scenery? No not at all. I've driven along the entire stretch of both on I-95 from Maine to Florida and I-5 from BC, Canada-Tijuana Mexico border. The topography on I-95 looks the same from Maine to Maryland, and even into Virginia it doesn't have the drastic change you get driving out West. I-95 in the Carolinas and Florida you just see pine trees and billboards. On I-5 you traverse the green forested hills of Washington State, the green valleys of Oregon, the steep mountainous terrain of the Siskiyous and Shasta through Southern OR and Northern Cali (glorious scenery there), to the semi arid and agricultual valleys of Central Cali, and hills of SoCal. I-95 has got nothing on I-5 in terms of scenery. There is a big gap in cities between Portland and Sacremento and another big gap down to LA (I-5 doesn't go through the Bay area), but having Seattle, Portland, LA, and San Diego along the interstate isn't too shabby either. The urban corridor on I-95 is certainly more impressive and constant, but the natural beauty and scenery along I-5 is in a whole nother league.
Last edited by Champ le monstre du lac; 10-14-2011 at 06:06 AM..
Absolutely. The terrain changes along I-5 are fantastic. I-95 is VERY dull in that regard. It's just that one (rather long) stretch from around Redding, CA to down between Bakersfield and Santa Clara that's a bit boring and repetitive. It feels like it'll never end. The rest of the I-5 corridor is far more beautiful than 95.
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