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03-08-2024, 3:37pm | #21 | |||||||
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I drove from Plantation down to MIA last year to pick up my daughter. I had no such troubles.
I think the more likely explanation is that the OP drives like shit. |
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We're 10min from the airport and 15-18min to the ski slopes door to door. There is no traffic jams, rush hour etc etc. Although the residential developments seem to be springing-up all over the valley here. 1.5hrs drive and I'm a good ways into Yellowstone....or Butte.
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[QUOTE=Onebadcad;2229655]Yep, last night again confirmed I am STILL HUGELY in Miami!!
Had to take the wifey to MIA (Miami Int'l Airport) last night, as she is headed to Denver to hang out on the slopes with daughter #2; told her not to call me if she ends up in The ER. Been a while since I been to MIA, as FLL way more efficicent, and closer, but wifey needed a cheap ticket, flying Frontier, does not get much cheaper than that. Drive is 47 miles from the homestead, left at 6 PM, traffic SUCKED BALLS, took almost 1.50 hours, BUT based on the number of drivers beeping at me, and the even greater number flashing me 'You're #1' hand signs, I am still remembered AND revered; it also appears many were shouting encouragement to me, but I cannot lipread. Many more examples of this on the drive down vs. return trip, as drive down required top-tier driving skills, and many amateurs in my path were given lessons. The drive home may have contained an equal amount of adoration, but I missed much, as jumped in the express lanes on I-95 North and probably passed 20K sitting in standstills, and at 85+ MPH it was difficult to look over to my fanbase. I return on Tuesday, early AM, to get the wifey, I am hoping for a similar reception, as obviously I have been missed!! And some of you thought I was on a downslide,,,[/QU I grew up in Miami Springs, right by the airport. Traffic there is just a way of life. We go down there every now and again, but never would I consider living there. Hell, I want out of Orlando. |
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The weather has all cleared until Thursday
Pics of daughter so I can say howdy if I see them? |
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Drive 20 minutes north & I'll give you a one-finger salute too
Just kidding, I'd probably just buy you a drink |
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Okay, I am done with MIA, any family member that flies in or out of there will have to pay for a car service.
Today, wife was scheduled to come in on redeye from denver at 7 AM, she had a checked bag so I figures I could leave the house at 6:15 and pick her up curbside at 7:45. So, after a shit night of sleep, maybe four hours, I am on the road at 6:15 AM, cruising down the FL Turnpike with light traffic, THEN, two miles from getting on 95 south I hit a HUGE WALL of traffic, bumper-to-bumper for all two miles. Then when I finally go through the spaghetti bowl to 95 south it is another parking lot, and I cannot get over to the express lanes, which were also a parking lot. I finally get to MIA at 8:15 AM, TWO DAMN HOURS, what a shitshow, that town has issues, they are out of land to make more lanes so there are truly effed!! The ride home should be easier, WTF am I kidding, only 35 miles, but every damn road, the Palmetto and 75 north is SHIT, took me an hour and forty-five minutes. So basically I spent four hours driving this morning, never again, and eff MIA and Miami, they suck, and I see no way it gets better. Lesson here is to buy some land near Larry, as this traffic takes a toll on you--damn good pun. Lastly, those two doggies, no damn loyalty, once the wifey went through the door after her four-day vacation, they forgot all about me,,, I will be witholding the beef jerky treats!! |
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Used to be the tri-county had decent traffic in the summer months, but now with all the snowbirds making this there 12-month home, and all the NE people moving here, traffic sucks 24/7/365 everywhere. |
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I used to love south Florida especially the west coast from Sarasota down to Naples. We even lived on Marco Island for a while.
But now…I wouldn’t live anywhere near that place. Too many people and too many foreigners. Fact is I wouldn’t want to live anywhere in FL south of I-10 or East of Tallahassee. |
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It has gotten much worse in the last 10+ years, and as a rule I try never to go west off 441, AND my #1 rule is to avoid I-95 in the tri-county, as it is NEVER a clear shot, and I have been caught in MANY 1+ hour standstills. 95 in Broward is a ****ing disgrace, 5 lanes at some points with 2 of the 5 being express lanes, that is some real BS!! |
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It literally wears me out to go there. |
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I have driven it at 9 PM and it the same BS at any time of the day. |
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If I had to guess it is overrun now and does not resemble what I once knew. |
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