Originally Posted by CrimsonCyclist
But you should feel lucky to be riding/driving in the Bay Area after having lived in Boston. Here are some reasons:
1. There are lane markings on the road.
2. There are huge, readable street name signs hanging right in front of you.
3. There are huge, readable street name signs for the street you're currently on. (Trust me, I challenge you to travel down Mass Ave and find any sign that says Mass Ave).
4. There are not craters every five yards on the road.
5. Drivers do understand what stop signs mean and do understand right of way, i.e. left turners have to yield.
6. People don't honk you if you're 0.00001 second late when the light turns green.
7. There is no Big Dig!
8. You don't go over your handlebar after your front wheel gets caught in the stupid Green Line track.
9. There's no ice on the roads in winter.
and thus
10. You can ride your bike all year long!!!
1. i don't need no stinking lane markings
2. i always got where i needed to be...
3. i never had any problem with the street signs on mass ave.
4. it's not really all that bad...i got to like it.
5. i go when it's my turn, regardless of whether the cars yield or not.
6. oh, people honk here, trust me, they do.
7. what's wrong with the big dig?
8. don't ride with your wheels parallel to train tracks, or don't get close enough to them that your wheels get caught in them.
9. i kinda liked the ice. it made things interesting.
10. i DID ride my bike all year long. get some mittens and grow a pair.
i'd rather be in boston, where there are actual seasons, than this place, where it's always just "nice" and the drivers aren't so much assholic (as in boston) as they are completely oblivious to what's going on around them. that said, i think anywhere is better than the east bay. this place bites.