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You've obviously never driven in Atlanta.

You guys who live int he mid-west, where your cities were perfectly planned and sectioned off are spoiled. Those of us on the East coast (especially here in Atlanta where our streets were dictated by civil war ruins) are not so fortunate. The good news is that it gives us great sense of direction and we typically don't run into issues of not knowing where we are. Unless you're my sister or dad, neither of whom could find their way out of a paper bag.

"You've obviously never driven in Atlanta."

When I was 18, My mom, sister and I had to drive through Atlanta on our way to Florida. We stayed for one night and mom did all the driving. Granted, my mom can get lost in "foreign" (and not so foreign) places quite easily (and she *never* asks for directions...she's worse than any man I've ever known when it comes to that) but NONE of us could figure out where we were including my own sister who was in charge of the road map and is actually pretty good at navigation. We vowed never to drive through Atlanta again!:-)

"You guys who live int he mid-west, where your cities were perfectly planned and sectioned off are spoiled."

Well, we're not *perfectly* planned but as compared to you guys...yeah, we did really well. As far as your sister and dad goes, maybe they'd do better up here with their driving skills.:-)

People who live here get confused by our surface streets. It got worse in the mid-90s as they converted a lot of streets to one-way streets in preparation for the '96 games. I'm pretty good, I can find my way around well. But people new to the city get lost without even making a turn off of North Avenue, MLK or Peachtree.
Boston (to me) wasn't that bad. NY wasn't all that pleasant, but the people there couldn't drive anyways not to mention they were all pricks.

Easiest driving I've ever had: Tulsa, OK and Columbus, OH.

Side note, when I was in boot camp, one of my DIs asked where I was from, I told him Atlanta, to which he responded that he hate the city because when he drvoe through ehre it was the worst traffic he'd ever been in and the streets were a bitch to navigate.

"NY wasn't all that pleasant, but the people there couldn't drive anyways not to mention they were all pricks."

Were you in NY city or just NY? I've never been myself but I've already decided that the *only* reason I would ever want to visit NYC is to see the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and maybe take in a broadway show...other than that, I have no desire to visit.

As far as the traffic goes - at least from what I've heard of NYC and from what I've seen of Atlanta - I think I may have to retract my statement about driving there. I do believe I would rather navigate those crazy roads than to be in NYC. At least in Atlanta, I may have a better chance at finding some southern hospitality when trying to get directions around town.

I was both in NYC and up state NY.

The key to getting around Atlanta (IMHO) is being able to get around urely by reading street signs. If you depends on people saying "Take the 3rd left then the second right" you'll never find your way around.

That's better than directions you get in some parts of WV and KY:

"Go down this road right here and when you come up to a huge oak tree - now, not the oak tree on your left side but the one that got struck by lightening a few years back- you'll want to turn right. Now, drive down a ways until you come to the the old gray shack on your right - not the one with the pick up in the drive but the one next to it with the dog tied *up* to the pick up...."

Maybe *you've* gotten these directions before. I remember at one point having to truely bite my tongue to keep from laughing. I didn't want to be disrespectful.