Hate your Commute? A few places not to live....

[Jill1228]

Originally Posted by KDAngel

I commute in and out of DC everyday -- thanks to all the tourists (especially this time of year) it's brutal.

OMG so true! I used to commute from Alexandria to Dupont Circle and it was brutal. Then later going from Alexandria to Crystal City...not quite as bad

Originally Posted by honeychile

I haven't actually lived in as many states as you, but I definitely agree that DC wins for the most confusing roads. Even worse, once you "break the code", try to explain it to someone else! I can't stand Pierre L'Enfante....

Am I the only one that thought DC grid was easy to figure out? Numbered streets ran north to south, lettered ones run east to west. When they throw the circles and other streets in there, things got crazy

And THANK YOU, they need to put a Metro station in Georgetown. Because the buses from Rosslyn and Foggy Bottom are NUTS. If they can have one in chi-chi Friendship Heights (is that still a tony area?) then they can put one in G-town

Originally Posted by Glitter650

The trains here in SF have bars by the doors that you can push on to open the doors as well as the sensors that keep them open if someone is in the doorway. People will stand there thinking it's "not them" keeping the door open because they are technically out of the door way, but their dumbass is leaning on the bar that keeps the door open.

I have been known to call someone out on the BART. Oh yeah, why can't trains run more often on BART? This every 20 minute shit doesn't cut it

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

tiny how about the fact that the tourists dont understand the concept of escalator travel

right is u gonna ride down...left side if u gonna walk down?

Thank you! I can rant about the same thing at airports, especially when you are running to try to catch a flight and employees are chilling and chatting on the moving walkway. I had to get rude with someone in Phoenix

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Jill1228

OMG so true! I used to commute from Alexandria to Dupont Circle and it was brutal. Then later going from Alexandria to Crystal City...not quite as bad


Am I the only one that thought DC grid was easy to figure out? Numbered streets ran north to south, lettered ones run east to west. When they throw the circles and other streets in there, things got crazy

It's the quadrant part that freaks non-residents out. I was giving the directions to RFK, and everyone else in the car was telling the driver I was crazy - "M Street couldn't possibly go that way!" Were they surprised to see that it does! Because of the naysayers, we arrived with 20 minutes left in the game.

And THANK YOU, they need to put a Metro station in Georgetown. Because the buses from Rosslyn and Foggy Bottom are NUTS. If they can have one in chi-chi Friendship Heights (is that still a tony area?) then they can put one in G-town.

Thank you! I can rant about the same thing at airports, especially when you are running to try to catch a flight and employees are chilling and chatting on the moving walkway. I had to get rude with someone in Phoenix

Absolutely on both counts! Well, other than the fact that I've not been to Phoenix...

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by Jill1228

Thank you! I can rant about the same thing at airports, especially when you are running to try to catch a flight and employees are chilling and chatting on the moving walkway. I had to get rude with someone in Phoenix

I ran over somebody with my wheelie bag in Detroit once - I had 15 minutes to make it and I just didn't care enough to be good.

[DaemonSeid]

DC has moved UP to number 2 despite all the new highways being opened

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070918/...usa_study_dc_1

[APhi Sailorgirl]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

DC has moved UP to number 2 despite all the new highways being opened

I am so glad I have moved and no longer commute from Annapolis to DC every day. I love my new 25 min commute to work!!!!!

Plus let's discuss DC's shutdown of the S. Cap bridge over the summer and all the work on 295. I am so glad to not be working near there anymore!!!

[justabeachbrat]

I don't miss my Huntington Beach to downtown LA commute. An hour, good days. Bad days? I was happy to simply get work/home. One day it 3 hrs to get home, due to an accident and then, road construction. I do miss having the beach 1/2 block away, and being inside at night and able to hear the waves hitting shore.

From living briefly in Portland, OR: When driving, I always seemed to end up on the wrong bridge.

From living briefly in San Marcos, Texas: When going to Austin, what is with the freeway? The freeway, each direction, splits, and one split drops, other up and away. And to get to your destination, you have to be on the right section.

Now, I have a 5 minute commute to school, 10 in traffic. That is so weird. I keep leaving too early.

[ADqtPiMel]

I live in DC...fortunately I don't bother with a car and live a half mile from my office

[texas*princess]

I used to live 15 miles from work... and it took me an hour to get to work on most days. If it was raining, the commute was usually 1.5 hours or more b/c people apparently don't know how to drive when it rains.

So I moved 2.1 miles away from work... figured I might as well since it's a nicer area anyway. I love my new place, I love that I can go home whenever I want for lunch, and even though my new place is a little more expensive, I save a ton in gas and frustration.

Plus I can't really deal that I was speading about 10 hours everyweek driving 15 miles.