Best/Worst Commute...Is your city on here?

[mdipi]

http://channels.netscape.com/ns/autos/package.jsp?name=fte/commutes/commutes


Boston is the 5 worst drivable city...sucks for alex, fester, red, and more hehehe.

[DDD]

hahahaha the city I live in and work in are there. Oakland california and San Francisco

[mdipi]

lol, yeah sanfran is like number two. i was surprised that NYC was #8...

[senocular]

I have a decent commute. Its not too bad depending on the time I leave. Im not too far from DC though (#10 in worst) - luckily not close enough to worry about it affecting me... though the exit I get off of for work is like 1 or 2 before 95 which can be backed up to where I need to get off which can be a pain sometimes ;)

[eyeinfinitude]

#1 Los Angeles-Long Beach, California!!

Yay, I get to sit in traffic! :P

[kirupa]

Excellent, Birmingham is number 7 on drivability - and I tend to agree that it is among the better cities to drive in. Alas, I'll be joining all the northeasterners and their horrible traffic and wonderful warm weather in a few months =)

[Alex]

Originally posted by electrongeek
#1 Los Angeles-Long Beach, California!!

Yay, I get to sit in traffic! :P

your not susposed to ride your bike in traffic...

:thumb:


i really dont have to much of a drive to school or work. 10 min to get to school, and 20 min to work. :thumb:

[eyeinfinitude]

Alex, I'm sorry, we're you trying to be funny because I forgot to laugh.....:sleep:

[reverendflash]

that is why I gave away 2 cars...

I even gave one of them away three times... it kept coming back...

finally, I drove it into a used lot on Mission st...

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[eyeinfinitude]

LOL, how did it come back to you Rev? :P

[reverendflash]

I gave it away, then the person gave it back, saying it was too much of a pain to own a car in SF...

So I gave it to another friend, and he gave it back too.

I even gave away my last car twice... they keep coming back!

and these cars are in great shape. 70k miles, good tires, no dents... nice stereos included...

so I sell them to lots... then I know they won't come back...

:beam:

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[lostinbeta]

Well my city isn't in there, but my city holds 2 of the top 5 most accident prone interesections of this entire country. I know where both are, they aren't too far from me :P

No lie... it was a news special here before... hehe.

[eyeinfinitude]

If you ever give me a cheesecake, I promise you that it won't come back. :P

[reverendflash]

you make a trip to SF, and I will make you a Pina Colada Cheesecake... all 16 slices will be yours for the taking...

:beam:

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[eyeinfinitude]

*Does a burn out in the drive way* Driving up there now. :P

[reverendflash]

make it Monday...

I'm going camping up North this weekend...

big trees, no strange people, on the beach...


:beam:

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[Alex]

i will race you EG!:bad:


althought boston does have bad traffic, i dont go there to often, and when i do, i use the "zippy lane" it gets me where i want to go fast:)

[reverendflash]

I'll make sure I save the pineapple leaves for you Alex!

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[RelandR]

I've lived/drove both of the top 'worst' cities ... never more I hope. :!:

...

uh, rev ... muni/Bart doesn't go to Humbolt ... =)

;)

enjoy

[reverendflash]

we rent a car to go out of town...

:beam:

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[thoriphes]

DC ain't that bad, even if it's 10th. There are a lot of other ways you can take if you just know the layout of DC.

[DDD]

yeah you actually look like an idiot if you have a car in SF. My friend bought a bmw and everyone was like why?? you big idiot. He never leaves the city limits. If he goes over the bridge he takes bart. They should make SF like its own nation or something a continent. People there are unlike any one else.

[NaliWarCow]

I don't see how on earth Birmingham is on the list as the 7th best city. A few million work in the city, and yet 20 of them live in the city. So they're all trying to get out of the city on the same 2 lane interstate. For a city as small as Birmingham, it takes nearly as long to move a mile during rush hour as it does in Atlanta.

Plus the drivers here are just awful. Some lady on the interstate 4 years ago swerved to miss a wicker chair and hit an army truck caring thousands of pounds of explosives. Come on.

But if it's an accurate list, I feel very, VERY sorry for you people in the top 10 :).

[mdipi]

now that the big dig is coming to a close i bet boston will clear up. less detors and construction you know?

[reverendflash]

Originally posted by 3d-iva
yeah you actually look like an idiot if you have a car in SF. My friend bought a bmw and everyone was like why?? you big idiot. He never leaves the city limits. If he goes over the bridge he takes bart. They should make SF like its own nation or something a continent. People there are unlike any one else.

Yup...

I love this town!

I rent cars... cheap... plus, I can get a New 5l Mustang convertible for the weekend, for under $200 incl gas... great for a weekend trip to Carmel... I always rent the same car... it just changes color from time to time...

:beam:

other than that, I don't want to drive anymore... much rather walk.

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[Kitiara]

The worst commute has to be anything that involves getting on a form of public transport in England. Or the M25. :sure:

[rere420]

I drive right into the heart of Boston every day there and back, during rush hour! It is not cool! I drive right by the Fleet Center and storrow drive, so if there is a game or a concert or a friday in the summer or any other day for that matter....It takes me hours to get home!

[Ranoka]

Kit, don't mention the bloody British transport!

I had an end of year deadline for my Graphics course, and I waited for my train, said it was on time... but didn't come for a while...

turns out that it had been cancelled, and that all trains that day wouldn't be running because there was a power failure in one area, and in another area the rails were damaged, and there were signal failings in another!

Trust public transport...

So I had to phone my dad to come home from work and take me in, I only barely got in on time!

I swear that they think it's a good idea to plant trees along the railway so that during autumn the leaves fall off and they can cancel trains because of unsafe conditions due to leaves on the rails! Bloody geniuses!

[DigitalPimp]

w00h hoo. My commute used to be kinda sucky because I had to travel through the city and couldn't use freeways but now when I bought my own house I live 4 miles from work and if I'm lucky and make all 5 stoplights I can get to work in 5 minutes. HEHE

[mdipi]

wehre do you live? rere...i bet. but it will all clear up...with luck.