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WCDT 28-32 March 2011 (1891-1895)
musicalsoul:
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 28 Mar 2011, 21:31 ---...How the frak does an 8.7 mile journey take 20 minutes???
I live 20 miles from Lubbock, Texas. I consider it a 15-25 minute trip, depending on where exactly in Lubbock I'm going. Going to Amarillo (1.5 hours exactly if I hit traffic lights just right) is something I'd do for a concert if it was someone I really wanted to see.
(I know, us giant state people have no sense of scale either.)
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I live in Acworth, GA and I work in Woodstock, GA. I literally live about 10 miles from my job. It never takes me less than 15-20 minutes to get there. I think a lot of it depends on the way the roads and traffic lights are situated. I also live in an area with a really high volume of traffic. If I go into work around 4:30-5:00 on a Friday... it can take me twice as long to get there.
I don't know a lot about the area the characters in the comic live, but from what other people have said, I get the impression that it's a high volume of traffic area as well. I know from experience Boston is, I think the traffic I had to sit through there may have been worse than the traffic in Atlanta, and that's saying something.
bicostp:
--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 28 Mar 2011, 21:27 ---*snrk*
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Well excuuuuuuse me princess. It's not every day I drive three hours to go hang around in Small Town USA. I didn't think that entire stretch would be as backwoods and desolate as Heath. (Actually come to think of it a lot of it looks like 123 through Norton, or 1A around the prison.) Some parts actually are multi-lane, and have steel barrier between the lanes of travel.
Next time I'll remember to check Google Maps first to make sure remote parts of a main road I regularly drive on match the parts I'm familiar with.
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 28 Mar 2011, 21:31 ---...How the frak does an 8.7 mile journey take 20 minutes???
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The mostly tiny two lane non-divided state highway probably has a 40 MPH speed limit and lots of intersections.
Coffee_Kaioken:
I commute regularly over the course of 45 minutes to work in the morning, and 45 minutes back. Of course, I am a cheapo who doesn't like paying $40 for a tank full of gas on a weekly basis either.
However, I am curious to know what it'd be like to live in the close-knit community that Penelope and Hannelore have been so clearly spoiled in.
Tobimaro:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 28 Mar 2011, 20:45 ---Heh. 20 minutes. That's my daily commute to work (one-way). Heck, if I get a job elsewhere, my daily commute could be over an hour one way.
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I used to have a daily commute of 40 minutes (one way) going by county highway and interstate back when I lived with my parents. My current commute is about 10 minutes, with the worst part being a dumb traffic light that rarely turns green when I approach that intersection.
I really think that Dora will also be getting a car. Public transportation is handy, but there are times that having access to a car is a must. I'm thinking of odd hours when the buses may be running on a altered schedule, or maybe she lives in an area where that one favorite store of hers is not around. It can happen. (My town has bus service, but I cannot use it to get to my job unless I want to work second shift, when the bus service would then quit before I go home.)
iduguphergrave:
Dora has a car. She just doesn't use it much.
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