eakenn
join:2005-02-20
Apopka, FL Reviews:
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Re: Highest Paid Atlanta is interesting city. I've lived here for a few yrs now (originally from Orlando) and I've had to get used to it. I'm still trying to get used to it actually.
I don't think its too dirty, but the air most definitely is come summer time.
I'm still trying to get used to the quirks people have in the ATL area:
1: Everyone takes their sweet time at pretty much anything
2: The traffic lights take forever and a day and they are allergic to putting sensors in the roads for the traffic ligths
3: I've never experienced an interstate flooding when it rains - I75 will flood in some areas if it rains pretty hard for a long enough time - the drainage in Atlanta isn't up to par.
4: When driving onto an on-ramp to the freeway people treat it as a regular city road doing about 20 ~ 30MPH, last time I checked an on-ramp is there to speed up and merge in with the traffic flow. They try doing that in FL, they'd get run over and/or cut off and cursed at. 
And finally (I have more, but this list will be brief):
5: God forbid if its raining, even a mere drizzle! People on the roads will slow down to a crawl because its as if they never experienced rain before. Its great to be cautious, but damn!
As for your list, I have to concur on most of the cities on your list. NYC is most definitely not the center of the universe, but its reasonably clean.
My favorites are London & Berlin (Germany) |
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| said by eakenn:5: God forbid if its raining, even a mere drizzle! People on the roads will slow down to a crawl because its as if they never experienced rain before. Its great to be cautious, but damn! I've never understood the folks that slow down to like 5mph, and turn on their flashers.
My favorite is when we get snow. Happens every couple of years. That's when the rednecks in lifted 4WD Pick-em-ups try to show off. They'll pass me on 400 about Bald Ridge exit doing 60 mph and by the time I get to Haynes Bridge, they've reached their final destination- greasy side up in the median near McFarland. |
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LOL...
1: Everyone takes their sweet time at pretty much anything
You dont drive on 285 much do you
2: The traffic lights take forever and a day and they are allergic to putting sensors in the roads for the traffic ligths
Oh, they have the sensors...they just are not synchronized.
3: I've never experienced an interstate flooding when it rains - I75 will flood in some areas if it rains pretty hard for a long enough time - the drainage in Atlanta isn't up to par
Does not seem to be a problem this year
4: When driving onto an on-ramp to the freeway people treat it as a regular city road doing about 20 ~ 30MPH, last time I checked an on-ramp is there to speed up and merge in with the traffic flow. They try doing that in FL, they'd get run over and/or cut off and cursed at.
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Lived in ATl for 20 years, and here are my comments in regards to traffic and such..
2: The traffic lights take forever and a day and they are allergic to putting sensors in the roads for the traffic ligths - Sensors are in place, but everytime they tear up the roads, the paving company screws them up and they are not held responsible for fixing them.
3: I've never experienced an interstate flooding when it rains - I75 will flood in some areas if it rains pretty hard for a long enough time - the drainage in Atlanta isn't up to par. - Have to agree with that one. In fact there are no storm drains on my street at all., so the water runs down the street to a low spot a couple of blocks (and streets) away.
5: God forbid if its raining, even a mere drizzle! People on the roads will slow down to a crawl because its as if they never experienced rain before. Its great to be cautious, but damn! - And heaven forbid the "S" word is spoken by the local weather folks (SNOW!) - Everyone has to rush to the stores to stock up on milk and bread, for an event that usually last 24 hours, if that. |
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