Originally Posted by osirisdon
my commute today was miserable! I hate my new route, a.............. (this route takes me through a serious GHETTO! its even scary!)..........
I am not digging my new route too much because its makes me turn too many corners, and just too many cars. I prefer sidewalks, and this route has zero sidewalks for around 9 miles.
My other route is much more relax, sidewalks almost the entire way, and since it is a backroad, it is not as crowded.
ouch ! Ghetto !! Man this sux... I wonder if you can gmap your route and then try to find alternate routes that take up about the same distance but with a more direct path ...
And about the sidewalks... I think thats worse than the ghetto ... really... how can you pick up any speed in the sidewalk ?
sidewalks are :
1. bumpy.
2. full of people.
3. full of bus benches.
4. full of power pole support beams (hard to see when you are trying to go fast).
5. almost never have properly aligned ramp ways...
6. are full of driveways ... (cars almost always pull out fully into the sidewalk when they are looking to get onto the main roadway).
.... thats just my rant...
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my commute was a little cooler than usual today... as in temperature wise.. it was like 5x F outside today...
=) easy ride.