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My husband I drove around Cary two weekends ago on Friday night and Satuday afternoon........and though what the heck where are all the people????? Where are the traffic jams? Where are the booming restaurants? Where are people walking around the street and "bumping" into each other? Did something happen two weekends ago that everyone left? hat are you guys talking about? WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE? We were driving in the area where there is a statues of a little boy holding the paper????? Can some one clarify?
Keep in mInd my husband grew up in Cambridge, MA and I in NYC. thanks
Where exactly in Cary (street/road/etc?) Not sure why you were expecting traffic congestion on Friday night. Saturday afternoon I'd guess everyone was at the mall so you probably missed it As far as "people walking around the street and bumping into each other", well, there's little to none sidewalks so you won't see much of that in Cary.
My husband I drove around Cary two weekends ago on Friday night and Satuday afternoon........and though what the heck where are all the people????? Where are the traffic jams? Where are the booming restaurants? Where are people walking around the street and "bumping" into each other? Did something happen two weekends ago that everyone left? hat are you guys talking about? WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE? We were driving in the area where there is a statues of a little boy holding the paper????? Can some one clarify?
Keep in mInd my husband grew up in Cambridge, MA and I in NYC. thanks
Though I dont live in Cary, I can tell you were obviously wrong to assume you could compare NYC on a weekend to anything thats outside NYC. Im not too sure what your getting at....
Are you being sarcastic that NY traffic is way worse than NC?
Or are were you told that Cary is comparable to Times Square and were disappointed in the lack of restraunts?
Wow, some people sure can be quick to jump down people's throats on here. I could be wrong but I don't think the original person was trying to compare Cary to NYC, just trying to give us a point of reference for the question. Based on some of this forum's threads, the traffic was better than expected in Cary - that's a good thing!
I think the original poster was just wondering about traffic and the crowded-ness of Cary, and I can understand where they are coming from with this question. I too am moving from a large urban area. I don't expect traffic to be as bad in NC as where I'm coming from, but some of the threads make it seem like traffic is horrendous. So, I think the original poster, and me, are just wondering where are the congested parts of Cary. Altho I'm not living there yet, I drove around the area quite a bit on my visits, at rush hour too, and I didn't see anything that I'd consider to be bad or even mild traffic. So, locals, I'm just trying to find out which roads you'd avoid during "rush hour" and what hours encompass "rush hour" in the area. Thanks for the help!
Thank you Bookworm! That is exactly what I was trying to get at. Obviously no place in the world can compare to NYC. But really when I drove through Cary it was what I consider empty. I guess from all the posts here I was expecting to see people walking around their "centre area" shops open for business and people sitting at cafe's and a line a traffic on the main street. ( which by the way I wold have liked to see!) But I did not see that. To me it looked "empty". There was no traffic jams ( atleast what I consider traffic) So again my post is really from one NE to another NE, the traffic is NOT bad at all really anywhere that I saw. If you are from Boston nothing can compare to the Big Dig traffic and 93 and if you are from NYC it is pickles compared to Washington Bridge or Chinatown Traffic on a Friday afternoon or any noon!
Ps I loved NC and I adore my home town of NYC! Both very different but both fantastic!
Cary people are not out on Friday and Saturday nights...they are in the restaurants and in the neighbor's back yard, grilling out the steaks. Silly. The traffic only comes on Friday afternoon at 5, when everyone gets off work early to see who can get home the fastest to mow their grass!!! Vicki
Actually I think that outside of some of the truly major urban centers (NY, LA, Chicago, Boston etc.) you just aren't ever going to see hoards of people outside walking around on the streets. For the most part we are an automobile society so if people aren't in their homes or at work they are in their cars driving somewhere. Guateek could sit at an intersection for seven straight days and never see any real foot traffic. Other than people who are walking for exercise, the most pedestrain traffic you'll see is on college campuses or mall parking lots.
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As far as "people walking around the street and bumping into each other", well, there's little to none sidewalks so you won't see much of that in Cary.
traffic/congestion in Cary?
