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ErisEpicene t1_itrenrd wrote

Reply to comment by Saltpork545 in Moving to Springfield by Bornbhthegods

I think what gets to me about Springfield driving, having driven in some of those places you mentioned and having grown up in a place with wild traffic and humans, is the dichotomy between people who drive like it is the third largest city in the state and remarkably dense by mid sized city standards and those who drive like it's a little country town and they want to take as much time as possible because only taking short trips will cause engine condensation if you never get it up to running temp. I do better with the one note hurried aggression of more self actualized cities. There are several areas and ways in which I would like Springfield more if it embraced being the city it is.

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Saltpork545 t1_its4qzf wrote

This is fair and I can't argue that. As someone who has adjusted over a decade ago, I completely get the annoyance of 'small town' or 'out of town' drivers.

They don't keep up with the flow of traffic, they don't know where they're going and Bass Pro area is rife with drivers like this at certain times of year.

I get it, tourism and all of that, but yeah, I know and feel the same. You're on an artery road even if it's just 5 lanes, if the speed limit is 40, you should be running 45 minimum. Running 40(or slower) just slows down traffic.

You're not in your small town of 20k or whatever. The speed limit is not 35mph. Go.

This is why when I'm in a place I'm not familiar with, my primary focus is flow of traffic. If everyone is going X speed, go X speed. I don't care what the sign says. That is a distinctly urban traffic phenomenon and something some visitors here simply do not understand.

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