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betarhoalphadelta

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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #532 on: October 27, 2023, 11:52:08 AM »
I will never drive in Taipei. That's scary just sitting in a cab. Scooters swarming around everywhere like a bunch of angry bees. 
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« Reply #533 on: October 27, 2023, 11:54:12 AM »
Yeah most of those Asian cities look crazy to me.  I'd definitely avoid driving in them.
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« Reply #534 on: October 27, 2023, 12:03:27 PM »
To be fair, the only time I drove in Boston was during the "Big Dig". Just brutal.

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« Reply #535 on: October 27, 2023, 12:06:25 PM »
I drove thru some tunnel from the airport
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #536 on: October 27, 2023, 12:35:23 PM »
I think, on reflection, MOST larger cities I've driven in in Europe were OK.  Brussels, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Luxembourg ...  The outskirts of Paris are OK I'd say, those traffic circles are crazy.  Copenhagen looked OK, we did cabs only there, and the trains.  I have not driven in England or the Uk at all.

I had a rental car in Mexico and drove to Chichen Itza, my wife thought I was crazy, and realistically maybe it was.
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« Reply #537 on: October 27, 2023, 02:38:32 PM »
I never get a car in Boston, DC, SF or NY.   Cost being one reason, walkability being other.   NY is actually really easy to navigate just not worth the effort.  Plus it's easy to navigate via transit and cabs.

Boston is very dense, not at all a grid or navigable and the most expensive city to park in.  

I also go car less in Seattle if I can help it. 
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« Reply #538 on: October 27, 2023, 02:48:02 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on October 27, 2023, 12:35:23 PM
I had a rental car in Mexico and drove to Chichen Itza, my wife thought I was crazy, and realistically maybe it was.
coming from Cancun, maybe not
coming from Mexico City, very
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« Reply #539 on: October 27, 2023, 02:57:11 PM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on October 27, 2023, 02:38:32 PM
I never get a car in Boston, DC, SF or NY.  Cost being one reason, walkability being other.  NY is actually really easy to navigate just not worth the effort.  Plus it's easy to navigate via transit and cabs.

Boston is very dense, not at all a grid or navigable and the most expensive city to park in. 

I also go car less in Seattle if I can help it.
We used to get a car there because we liked going out to the wineries and taking the ferry out West.

Never rented a car at the airport though. Always took transit downtown and rented from there when we wanted to.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #540 on: October 27, 2023, 03:05:20 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on October 27, 2023, 02:57:11 PM
We used to get a car there because we liked going out to the wineries and taking the ferry out West.

Never rented a car at the airport though. Always took transit downtown and rented from there when we wanted to.
Yeah, when we went to Chicago in 2019 we took the El from Midway downtown, and back. But in the middle we rented a car Saturday morning downtown for the trip down to Purdue for the game and returned it Sunday when we got back. 

If I'm going to be in the downtown of a city the bulk of the time I'm visiting, I prefer not to have a car due to traffic/parking. It's usually more trouble than it's worth. 

When we do Ireland next year we'll need a car though, I believe. Going to do plenty of stuff outside the city proper. 
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« Reply #541 on: October 27, 2023, 03:51:23 PM »
It's not bad driving in Korea. Everything is on the correct side of the road, and all signs are in English below the Korean characters. It's surprisingly easy to get around once you know what to look for.

That said, we rented and I drove on Jeju Island, the Hawaii of Korea. Driving in Seoul seems like it would be a lot like driving in Los Angeles, traffic and all.
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« Reply #542 on: October 27, 2023, 08:24:26 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on October 27, 2023, 11:54:12 AM
Yeah most of those Asian cities look crazy to me.  I'd definitely avoid driving in them.
One day I’ll share my story of scary riding in Thailand as I woke up lost after a night I stumbled into a warehouse that was holding secret Thai boxing matches. I woke up in a random, place, jumped on the back of a guy’s motorcycle that stopped to help me and he drove like a maniac in the busy traffic. Scary yet amazingly memorable as was the rest of the night I can remember.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #543 on: October 27, 2023, 09:18:23 PM »
May be an image of snowplow, arctic and text that says 'A Minnesotan roundabout: WELLS PAROO STOP'
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« Reply #544 on: October 27, 2023, 10:13:57 PM »
Heh.  I live about 100 yards away from this one.  Voted most beautiful roundabout by some fussy Brits who judge such matters.  We have a zillion roundabouts here.

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« Reply #545 on: October 28, 2023, 08:40:53 AM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on October 27, 2023, 10:13:57 PM
Heh.  I live about 100 yards away from this one.  Voted most beautiful roundabout by some fussy Brits who judge such matters.  We have a zillion roundabouts here.


I remember, and there's probably even more now, 7 years later.
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