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10 "most drivable" and "least drivable" cities

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If it wasn't for public transportation in Chicago, I would be on the road 1 hour each way for my commute...
 
Originally posted by: LakAttack
New Worst Cities to Drive In List:

1. Atlanta
2. - 10. Any City touching Atlanta
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You seriously haven't travelled much. Yes Atlanta is not good, but there are FAR FAR worse.
 
Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: Thegonagle
Chicago is worse than NYC? 😕

I've never been to NYC (going later this summer), but I've heard that it's much worse than Chicago. I've never had much trouble driving anywhere in Chicago, although I do know that if you need to go downtown at certain times, it's best to take the train.
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Chicago is terrible especially at the 80/94/294/90 junctions. The last time I drove up there I spent 2.5 hours travelling 18 miles from where 80/94 are together to where they split.
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I guess that's why my sister and I avoid the freeways at certain times. She's the one who lives there, but when I visit, she always makes me drive while she navigates.
 
Originally posted by: Dulanic
Originally posted by: LakAttack
New Worst Cities to Drive In List:

1. Atlanta
2. - 10. Any City touching Atlanta
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You seriously haven't travelled much. Yes Atlanta is not good, but there are FAR FAR worse.
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True. And I actually think Douglasville is worse to drive in than LA. . .

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Detroit, Fresno, and Sacramento have the roughest roads.
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Sacramento has rough roads? Um, since when? How do they determine these things, anyway, randomly drive around for an hour and see how manytimes the car hits a bump?
 
They've never driven in Folsom. Where they would be forced to conclude "We never knew so many people were able to drive with thier heads up thier asses".
 
Whoever made that survey is on crack. New York should be a lot higher on the list, probably #1, as many 6-8 way intersections, lots of foot traffic, left-side highway exits/entrances, huge "No turn zone"s, and scarce parking make it an extremely nervewracking drive.

Los Angeles is not that bad. Neither is D.C.

Also, I see a lot of people saying Chicago is terrible driving .... Some people I worked with in Orlando repeatedly said that they missed driving in Chicago because it was so much faster and less fvcked up.
 
I dunno about Atlanta, but parts of LA there is little that can beat it...

i lived 5 miles from where I went to school and a minimum drive time was 30 min., during afternoons it could get up to an hour and there is no side roads that improve it and the public transportation sux...

 
Originally posted by: glugglug

Also, I see a lot of people saying Chicago is terrible driving .... Some people I worked with in Orlando repeatedly said that they missed driving in Chicago because it was so much faster and less fvcked up.
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Here is the deal with Chicago... if your in before 6:30 AM and out before 3:30PM your ok... But try to drive on 290 or 294 or 55 during rush hour... you'll want to shoot yourself. It all depends on where your going and at what time... it can be very clear driving or VERY bad. However if your going in or out of Chicago during rush hour... god it's bad. Average speed is maybe 10-15MPH on the highway.

And drive on the side roads... it's like playing dodge the potholes. The plows RIP up the roads during the winter.
 
Originally posted by: PatboyX
Originally posted by: Whisper
Haha...Fausto beat me to it. I had that same phrase copied and ready to paste for criticism.

Obviously this author has never driven anywhere in Georgia during or after a rain storm. Hell, or anytime at all for that matter. Georgia must have, per capita, the largest number of idiotic drivers in the nation. Of this I am quite certain. What we may not deal with in traffic (which, as Fausto said, is pretty bad on its own considering we have a joke of a mass transit system), we more than make up for in the lack of intelligence of the average commuter here.
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hey!
im from new jersey and just want to make it clear that everyone knows where the largest number of idiotic dirvers in the nation reside.
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Obviously you people havent been to Oklahoma City. My blood pressure goes up about 20 points whenever I'm out driving with all the dumbass-slowass molasses drivers driving in the the left lane and turning without turning signal.

 
who the fsck ranked these places? they are patently unqualified to do so, whoever it is
 
I'm surprised that New Orleans wasn't listed as one of the bad ones. It's utterly terrible. The roads are nasty and all messed up, it seems every street is a one way street, it doesn't follow a grid pattern, there are only 2 real ways to get in or out of the city. Yeah, the weather for driving isn't terrible most of the year because it doesn't snow but actually driving there SUCKS.
 
I guess I agree with just about everyone that this "study" is seriously flawed. I think they put too much emphasis on cold weather, and apparently no weight whatsoever to insurance costs or the road rage/percentage nutso drivers factor. There is no way in a rationale universe that Memphis would rank in the top ten. And for the Big Dig alone, Boston should be given its own super special category, beyond the worst.

 
How in the hell did Oklahoma City make that list on the good side? I hate driving there.....damn place is always under construction and the detours are horrible.....traffic is usually pretty bad as well. I live in Tulsa and take a bit of an issue with them saying Oklahoma has rough roads. Sure there are a few that give you a shaking(especially downtown), but on the whole Tulsa has very nice streets.
 
Least driveable and no Floriduh cities mentioned?

It could be the least driveable state in most places!!!!

Who are these clowns???

Ive lived in 18 different states and driven in almost all of them and NONE are as bad as Floriduh! Used to drive over 60K a year in sales but if Id been in Floriduh, Id have quit!!

Of the 10 least drivable cities, Id take at least 8 of them over here.
 
Originally posted by: ROTC1983
Wow, Honolulu wasn't on there :Q
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That's because it's one of the most driveable cities! 🙂 On my vacation there, the driving is 10000000x better than NYC.

 
WOw what a news flash. Smaller cities have less traffic? WOW. thats amazing.

I find it more amazing that places with more people in desireable locations have MORE traffic?

Wow thats incredible!




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LA's new 210 cleared things up A LOT..thank god for that....oh yeah and the 55/57/5 expansion projects towards irvine.......it's all good in LA (except downtown) for now....
 
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