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Re: San Antonio versus Austin
said by buttoni  :Austin traffic situation on I-35 is a mess, because locals and North/South through traffic both use it as a major thoroughfare. Unfortunately this is very, very true. A while back I made a comment on how bad the traffic was in Austin here on the boards and someone said if you think Austin is bad try Houston. Problem is that I lived in Houston for all but the last 2.5 years as I am now here at UT. People assume that as Austin is relatively small the traffic can't be nearly as bad as Houston, but that is WRONG WRONG WRONG! Houston traffic is a breeze compared to here. About the only time it is sane to drive in Austin is Saturday (non game days) and Sundays when all the cars mysteriously disappear and the city appears deserted. Weekdays though are an absolute mess.
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1 edit | I lived in the Galveston/Houston area for over 30 years and I thoroughly agree with you. Houston traffic is not nearly as bad as Austin's! There are just not enough multi-lane thoroughfares in Austin. It's full of mostly two-lane streets and businesses perched way too close to the curbs to widen them. Never can figure out why Austin hasn't built built a five lane loop all the way around the city, or even two, like Boston and other major cities have had to do.
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| said by buttoni :I lived in the Galveston/Houston area for over 30 years and I thoroughly agree with you. Houston traffic is not nearly as bad as Austin's! There are just not enough multi-lane thoroughfares in Austin. It's full of mostly two-lane streets and businesses perched way too close to the curbs to widen them. Never can figure out why Austin hasn't built built a five lane loop all the way around the city, or even two, like Boston and other major cities have had to do. Probably for the same reason we don't have a loop in Milwaukee. Constant lawsuits from rural areas that don't want expressways going through their pretty little areas.
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