Cleveland Real Estate News

The Daily Beast  has identified 75 hard to maneuver highways during commuting hours. They list length of the congestion(by miles), the speed (or lack of) cars can travel during these periods, among other things.  I wasn’t very surprised that the Capital Beltway in D.C. was #3.  It took me honing a certain mentality to do it with any regularity. The last time I visited the D.C. area, I remember my shoulders tightened up as I got in what I called war mode, which included heightened awareness of cars around me, and a steely gaze that may have only been noticeable to me!

The surprise to me was the second most congested highway because it was in Honolulu ! So much for paradise!

Whenever people discuss what is important to them when buying a house, it always intrigues me to hear the differences discussed.  Some people are happy with a 30 minute commute. Some consider it down time, quiet time, time to listen to a book on tape or iPod, time to enjoy talk radio. Decompression time.  Others want a five minute commute and no traffic congestion.  Some don’t mind I-480 traffic, some love the I-90 route along the lake.  All my life I’ve heard that our differences make life more interesting and I definitely agree with that.  For me, commuting any more than 15 minutes to work every day would drive me stark raving mad.

Not that I haven’t done it.  I managed a store in Gaithersburg Maryland while living in Greenbelt Maryland.  About a 30 mile drive on the Capital Beltway and I-270.  How to describe it.  If you’re looking at a map, paint a smile around Washington DC.  I worked on the left side of the smile and lived on the right side. I did it for  awhile, and that was fine.  Now? No way!

We don’t have the same congestion issues here but I know people who have to go through the Richmond Road/Chagrin Road intersection during rush hour might disagree.  Let’s just say we didn’t have any highways driving commuters crazy, at least according to this Daily Beast article.

Number One went to a highway in LA. The length of the bottleneck? Over 70 miles.   Oy.

Peace Out – 3C