Leaving Iowa
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Funny how that site may be the slowest loading p.o.s. since dial-up good lord.
You know what they say about assuming.
I have driven in Seattle enough to make the claim. Went from Greenlake to Kent everyday.
Driving in Ames is bad, but it is so small, it is over quickly.
Atlanta has got to be the worst. Philly and San Fran have always been good to me as well as LA but for sure at times they all suck. The thing about LA is that you can be going along runing 90+ then bam, grid lock. Not to mention the dousche bags running just five over in the commuter lanes.
Maybe it was because of the turnpike, but it seemed to lack the new suburbia that is so often found in the Midwest. Could be the area I drove through- pretty much anything close to the freeway loop, including north of WSU, east of the airport, southeast of the airport.
We were there for a conference a few years ago. They have Internet and computers 
wink there. You won't have to worry about CF withdrawal.
Seriously, I'd say don't move simply because it's possible to do so. Make this decision based on sound reasons because it would be a fairly expensive u-turn if you changed your mind soon. If you do go, give yourself time to get accustomed to the differences. Like someone else said, Iowa will be here.
wink there. You won't have to worry about CF withdrawal.Seriously, I'd say don't move simply because it's possible to do so. Make this decision based on sound reasons because it would be a fairly expensive u-turn if you changed your mind soon. If you do go, give yourself time to get accustomed to the differences. Like someone else said, Iowa will be here.
I'm not assuming anything. Seattle traffic is really a non issue. Care to post another link.
This coming from a guy who thinks Philly is not bad. Post a link that says different my man.
If you are going to move, do it while you're young, don't have any kids, or own a home. Once you settle down, have kids, develop a network of friends, and own a home, it makes moving a lot harder.
Not into links, that's your M.O. I speak from first hand direct experience.
Not saying Philly doesn't have traffic. Just saying it has been relatively good to me when I have been there.
Nope.
I've probably visited every major city in this country and the worst of the worst is Houston. Unfortunately, I experienced Houston from having to live there.
Terrible climate, boring terrain (hills are the overpasses), and you have to drive a million miles to get out of that god foresaken area. I can't think of a single redeeming feature that I can attribute to Houston.
Sorry I can't agree with this. Why put any aspect of your life on hold just for the sake of thinking it will make things "harder" in the future. For sure all of what you have stated adds complexity to every situation but at the same time it adds value to living life. Holding back just for the sake of a perceived future event is crazy. Talk about creating a self fulfilling atmosphere of emptiness just for the sake of a perceived (in)convenience. God forbid you actually end up liking the area.
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Definitely don't judge Wichita from the turnpike. You can't see any of the city from there.
In most other places in town, you don't see much either, at least from the highways. There isn't a lot of suburban sprawl in Wichita. It's fairly controlling about how development occurs and what it looks like (signs, billboards, etc.). Two of the biggest suburban shopping areas (Bradley Fair in the east and New Market Square in the west) won't be visible except from surface streets several miles from the highways.
I doubt that my last cab driver in Seattle, who drove me into town from Sea-Tac, has a website, so I can't post a link. He said he used to drive a cab in Boston. He said Seattle driving is worse.
I'll second Atlanta as the worst city ive driven in. Ive driven in almost all of them on that list except for Boston and Philly, most of them during summer 07 at some point.
Coming into atlanta from South Carolina, i think i hit atlanta traffic almost immediately after entering Georgia. Traffic was that bad.
Coming into atlanta from South Carolina, i think i hit atlanta traffic almost immediately after entering Georgia. Traffic was that bad.
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Agreed, pretty much everything along the freeway loop (I-135 & I-235) and the turnpike doesn't give you the best feel for the town. I was kind of skeptical driving around those routes my first time here a few years ago, but once I got on the surface streets on either the east or west I found that newer suburbia feel. You also have to remember Wichita is a heavy manufacturing town, so it just doesn't have as many of the new office buildings you see in DSM, many of the jobs are around the edges of town surrounding the airports.
Also, back to the point of the thread, I did live in Seattle one summer for an internship and found the traffic to be much better than expected. The only other big city driving experience i really have is Chicago and it was WAY better than that.
The weather was GORGEOUS over the summer (June through August anyway), but the rainy season is pretty much the rest of the year from what i hear, so I can't speak to that.
The weather was GORGEOUS over the summer (June through August anyway), but the rainy season is pretty much the rest of the year from what i hear, so I can't speak to that.
