I'd rather have scenery but not much on my commute. I have 4 main routes that I can vary each in 3-4 ways. Only one add's quite a bit of distance, southwest blvd all the way over to 18th street. Mostly try for shortest distance, with the wind and hills I'm pretty beat up by the end of the week. When the wind dies down I'll start adding miles this summer. Safety wise all of them have oh crap spots.