We were in Boston sometime during the 'big dig' - the downtown core was absolutely fubar. Stumbled on the Bull & Finch pub quite by accident...no clue how we got there.
My home town. Yup, Boston is a clusterfuck. Great city once you know your way around (through much trial & error). It was harder before GPS, of course. But it's still a big PITA for out-of-towners. The road conditions are also comparable to the surface of the moon. Bent rims and lost hubcaps are common.
I remember the first time I drove into NYC. I'd heard about the traffic and the aggressive cab drivers, etc. I expected the worst. Well, I was amazed by just how considerate and sane I found most of the other drivers. It's Boston where you will find really aggressive, dickhead road-ragers. Massholes on all sides. Maybe just the general difficulty getting around puts all the drivers on the rag. If you're visiting from out of town, do yourself a favor - skip the rental car & just take cabs.
I go to Europe often and for some reason never have any troubles. It is near impossible to drive around Boston. Ive driven all over Europe, only problem Ive ever had was with the boarder patrol between Germany and Switzerland.
That's how you see it. The truth is it's hard to find something when there is no underlining logic and you either know the streets or don't. When there is an underlining logic you can use that to navigate without knowing the streets.
i'm sorry, but "we" didnt think of that 500 or 1000 years ago when many cities were founded
My home town. Yup, Boston is a clusterfuck. Great city once you know your way around (through much trial & error). It was harder before GPS, of course. But it's still a big PITA for out-of-towners. The road conditions are also comparable to the surface of the moon. Bent rims and lost hubcaps are common.
I remember the first time I drove into NYC. I'd heard about the traffic and the aggressive cab drivers, etc. I expected the worst. Well, I was amazed by just how considerate and sane I found most of the other drivers. It's Boston where you will find really aggressive, dickhead road-ragers. Massholes on all sides. Maybe just the general difficulty getting around puts all the drivers on the rag. If you're visiting from out of town, do yourself a favor - skip the rental car & just take cabs.
My home town. Yup, Boston is a clusterfuck. Great city once you know your way around (through much trial & error). It was harder before GPS, of course. But it's still a big PITA for out-of-towners. The road conditions are also comparable to the surface of the moon. Bent rims and lost hubcaps are common.
I remember the first time I drove into NYC. I'd heard about the traffic and the aggressive cab drivers, etc. I expected the worst. Well, I was amazed by just how considerate and sane I found most of the other drivers. It's Boston where you will find really aggressive, dickhead road-ragers. Massholes on all sides. Maybe just the general difficulty getting around puts all the drivers on the rag. If you're visiting from out of town, do yourself a favor - skip the rental car & just take cabs.
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."
I live in an area where there's a lot of new development, and winding non linear streets are encouraged in planning guidelines, because they "hide" the fact that you're just another schmuck living in a row of houses. Even the main feeder roads are often wanky "boulevards" and "drives" rather than just a straight road.
I got stuck in the middle of an unfamiliar one once and ended up picking a car to follow, hoping they were exiting.
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