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I'd probably want to kill myself if I had to drive through Atlanta more than once a year. I couldn't even imagine driving in/around Atlanta with any regularity.

by ics 14y ago

I'd probably want to kill myself if I had to drive through Atlanta more than once a year. I couldn't even imagine driving in/around Atlanta with any regularity. Edit: I'll add that in all my years of driving, thumbing, and general perusing I don't think I've met a single big rigger who hasn't considered Atlanta to be in or at the top of their five worst places to drive.

cesarbs 14y ago
What exactly is so bad about driving there? Just curious :)
- rdouble 14y ago
  The road system is overloaded for a city of its size. There is one big connector type freeway going north and south, and then "The Perimeter" which is a circular freeway encircling the whole metro area. And that's about it for freeways, in a metro area of 5.5 million. The rest of it is very narrow surface roads which follow former livestock paths in a hilly wooded area.
  - trhtrsh 14y ago
    Exactly like DC.
    - Mz 14y ago
      From what I gather, it is worse than DC. Atlanta grew/spread in a manner unprecedented in known human history. It is not up against a natural barrier like the coast or an artificial barrier like a state border. It is pretty horrible.
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- ics 14y ago
  Humorous: http://www.tardsite.com/rules.htm http://www.tardsite.com/rules.htm http://www.notfortourists.com/Features.aspx?ID=299&city=AT http://www.notfortourists.com/Features.aspx?ID=299&city=... Serious: http://www.iscvt.org/what_we_do/climate/case_studies/connect_atlanta.php http://www.iscvt.org/what_we_do/climate/case_studies/connect... ...sorry, I can't find my bookmarks on this at the moment. The first two links capture the sentiment of my comment anyway.