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This is why I take 280 instead of 101 when traveling to and from SF to South Bay even though it's slightly longer.
by andyjsong 7y ago
This is why I take 280 instead of 101 when traveling to and from SF to South Bay even though it's slightly longer.
- brenden2 7y agoI've always preferred taking 280 over 101, because of the view and perception of being in nature. I never thought about the billboards, but now that you mention it that must also be part of the reason it's more enjoyable.
- creeble 7y agoDriving 280 in 1983 was one of the most significant events in getting me to want to move here from Chicago. I don't think it was the lack of billboards. But if there were billboards, it sure would feel different.
- r00fus 7y agoI've always considered it the "rich man's freeway". No semis allowed, no billboards, lots of either open-space preserves or mansions in the scenery.
- jedberg 7y agoThe distance is a few miles longer but the average speed is higher so it ends up being the same time, just much more pleasant because of the lack of billboards and wider lanes.