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sophiaserpentia) wrote2007-07-18 07:18 pm
sophiaserpentia) wrote2007-07-18 07:18 pm
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i just totally lost my shit
I am hoarse, literally, from screaming at the top of my lungs several times over the last two hours. I am shaking as i type this. I thought i was going to have one of those anger heart attacks because my chest got tight and i got a bit light-headed for a few seconds. (I was probably hyperventilating.)
I also now officially loathe Boston. Three winters and two blizzards didn't do it. Constant migraines and allergies and unpredictable weather didn't do it. But three weeks of driving in Boston at rush hour, that did it.
I have never driven in a place where so many people are consistently and commonly thoughtless, aggressive, and selfish. And i've lived in several states and driven in some of the worst places: Miami, Dallas. Nowhere have i seen it like this. Using the right lane as a parking lot. Double parking. Honking and honking and honking when you try to take a few seconds at an extremely dangerous turn. Creating new lanes when it suits them, whether or not there's enough room for a car to pass through, because you're going too slow (only 5-10 MPH over the speed limit).
It doesn't help that this area also has the worst roads of anywhere i've lived. I don't just mean the potholes, although those are bad. I also mean the rotaries, the lack of signage, the lack of road markings, roads downtown that don't go in the same direction for more than two blocks (to confuse invading armies no doubt, only problem being it works on the citizens too), lanes that end or become turn-only lanes with no warning whatsoever.
I also now officially loathe Boston. Three winters and two blizzards didn't do it. Constant migraines and allergies and unpredictable weather didn't do it. But three weeks of driving in Boston at rush hour, that did it.
I have never driven in a place where so many people are consistently and commonly thoughtless, aggressive, and selfish. And i've lived in several states and driven in some of the worst places: Miami, Dallas. Nowhere have i seen it like this. Using the right lane as a parking lot. Double parking. Honking and honking and honking when you try to take a few seconds at an extremely dangerous turn. Creating new lanes when it suits them, whether or not there's enough room for a car to pass through, because you're going too slow (only 5-10 MPH over the speed limit).
It doesn't help that this area also has the worst roads of anywhere i've lived. I don't just mean the potholes, although those are bad. I also mean the rotaries, the lack of signage, the lack of road markings, roads downtown that don't go in the same direction for more than two blocks (to confuse invading armies no doubt, only problem being it works on the citizens too), lanes that end or become turn-only lanes with no warning whatsoever.