#Live/drive in New Eng.
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Tim,
>> Boston last year, and it didn't seem to bad. The subways were clean
>> and I never noticed anything that really put me off the city, except the
>> drivers, that is (g).
How true! I believe Mass. easily takes the cake for the most discourteous
drivers! I almost prefer them however to the "I can't _even_ drive 55" crowd
in NH!
Bob W.
BTW, my votes go to Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Seattle and Portland.
>>BTW, my votes go to Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Seattle and Portland.<<<
My vote is for Toledo.
Bob –
I agree on the NH crowd for driving. Used to be that if we saw a Massachusettes
car we would kind of pull over but I think NH has now taken the prize. Must be
the aggressive driving to scare all the moose off the roads. There have been
over 150 moose/car collisions in NH over the last 12 months. There are warning
signs as you enter the state to beware of moose in the road – as if you could
miss them. Same here in Maine driving down the turnpike at 65-70 miles an hour
you see "Warning – moose in roadway" signs. As if you could stop!
Anne
Jeez, I can't imagine hitting a moose at full speed. I've seen people hit deer
and have it total their car. And a bull moose has got to be three times the
size of a deer. Ouch.
Tim –
I saw the aftermath of a moose/car collision once. The moose's legs are so tall
that the body hits at the windshield – car hood fits under the moose. Rather
awful. I was dating a state trooper at the time and if anything happened while
we were out, he had to respond. Those guys are never off duty. Wonder if that's
why we stopped dating? <G>
Anne
>> NH has now taken the prize <<
Anne, those are people who moved from Lowell to Nashua to escape taxes<BG>
I grew up in York Beach, but have been in Portsmouth for a few years now.
TedB
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Ted –
Well hello! Years ago I almost moved from Portland to Portsmouth. Nice town.
Joe and I get down fairly often to State Street Discount and Circuit City –
have to go look at the big screen TVs every once in a while.<G> Plus there is a
good quilt fabric store across from the main post office and then that good
Mexican restaurant on the waterfront. Downtown still has that small town
feeliing but you can get to most anything you need.
Spring down there yet? I've gotten most of the perennial flower borders
uncovered since the ground finally thawed out – just in time for the deer to
eat the bulbs as they come up. I read about all the people who travel in fear
in their cities or off on conventions and think how lucky we are up here. Sure
we have our problems but not like elsewhere.
Anne
Anne,
I've lived a lot of places around the world and Portsmouth is a pretty good
compromise! Yeah, spring arrived here a couple of hours ago<g>
As far as gardening goes, I'd have trouble growing Kudzu in Florida <no G>
TedB
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It would seem people take a much different attitude towards driving on the east
coast (at least the parts of the east coast I have been to). Having been born
and raised on the west coast, I was kinda used to wide streets, lots of
highways, space, and all that, then I get to new england, and it's cramped, the
roads are in bad shape and everyone seems to drive like their aren't any rules.
I was glad I didn't have to do the driving while we were there.
Even with all that, I really did like Boston. It is a neat city.