OT: y'all see this?
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Columbia is about as interesting and fun as South of the Border.
I wonder if Charleston and Greenville paid them to write this... "we're all full here!"
Charleston area traffic has gotten pretty congested and city planners are behind on making changes to improve traffic flow. Would be nice to see some slowing of the influx of people from the north.
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I lived there in the late 70s and early 80s. It was congested then, but tolerable. When I visit my son down there now I have to psyche myself up to deal with the traffic.I wonder if Charleston and Greenville paid them to write this... "we're all full here!"
Charleston area traffic has gotten pretty congested and city planners are behind on making changes to improve traffic flow. Would be nice to see some slowing of the influx of people from the north.
I left Columbia last summer after living there for 90% of my life. I thought I'd miss it but I don't at all. We're in southern Greenville county now. The weather here beats the hell out of that miserable humidity. And for some reason, employees in stores and restaurants are much nicer here. The first time I went to Lowe's I couldn't believe the difference.
CHS traffic ranks 26th worst nationally in one report, 19th in another.
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It's brutal. I live up Hwy 41 in Mt. Pleasant. It used to be a 10 minute drive to get to the foot of the old bridge to downtown Charleston. It's about a 20 to 25 minute drive now.
If you've got to go to Summerville, figure on anywhere from 50 minutes to an hour and a half.
Is this for bragging rights for who has the worst traffic?CHS traffic ranks 26th worst nationally in one report, 19th in another.
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It's all relative, but when one experiences a direct correlation between the increased congestion and numbers of new residents outbidding locals for homes for the past 10 years, don't have to like it.
First they build a new subdivison, then they add stop signs (which are an instant headache due to left hand turns that clogs the flow), then they add traffic lights, then turn arrows, then widen the roads; all which increases traffic on I-26/526......then rinse and repeat.Is this for bragging rights for who has the worst traffic?
It's all relative, but when one experiences a direct correlation between the increased congestion and numbers of new residents outbidding locals for homes for the past 10 years, don't have to like it.
The lowcountry urban sprawl is as much to blame as the limited freeway space. Just too many cars/trucks and not enough roads.
Nothing but misery IMO.