Random Observations on City Life

So I recently moved to a very large metropolitan area (no, not new york city or LA) and good grief are there some huge differences to where I used to live in a much smaller city.

First big difference is the traffic. There are times o the day here when you really don't want to be on the road because the traffic is so thick that nobody will let you change lanes to get off at the exit you want.

Second, everything has at least two routes to get to it and some of them require using the major highways nearby and some of those are toll highways, or portions of them are anyway. Also, the network of on and off ramps in some places is really confusing, to say nothing of the screwy side streets and places where you can't turn left of this or that street, or you can only make a right on red on the first afternoon of Spring at three o'clock when the bells ring!

Third, people here are exceedingly rude! I don't mean drivers, but people in general. i mean pardon me for not knowing where the heck I'm going but I'm new in town get over yourself! If I knew where I was going I wouldn't be reading street signs and looking around for a place to turn around because i went past my turn two blocks ago and just realized it. Also, don't be a jerk when I confess that I am lost and stop at your gas station to ask for directions back to a street or area I know a little better.

While I miss my old area because people were a little nicer, there's a heck of a lot more to do in my new area.... assuming I don't get lost coming and going of course.