[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Agree. I have driven on the Belt Pkway and Southern State Pkwy on Long Island. Now THAT is traffic. South Florida, starting in Palm Beach, going to Port Miami was a terrifying drive. CRAZY stuff down there. THAT is traffic.

Here in The Villages the traffic is child's play to other parts of this country. It is absolutely wonderful living here even when there are more people and cars on the roads in the winter months.

Did you ever have the "joy" of driving the Southern State before they took out that ridiculously stupid 10 cent toll booth just past the Valley Stream exit????? Or for that matter dodging the 1 foot deep potholes on the Belt around Bay Ridge? I'll take Morse Blvd any day.

[Eg_cruz]

Originally Posted by coralway

Without the snowbirds and the $$$$ and business they bring, there wouldn't be a Home Depot for you to drive home from.

Disagree…….may the little mom and pop but not Home Depot

[Eg_cruz]

Originally Posted by Garywt

I always smile when people complain about traffic. Of course the snowbirds are blamed even know with all the money and support they give. But that aside I have never seen any bad traffic in and around The Villages in my 8 years of visiting and living there. Now when a 20 minute ride on a weekend turns into a 2-3 hour ride during rush hour, now that is traffic. Sitting on a highway and not moving for 5-10 minutes, traffic. Trying to take a short cut and taking 10-15 light cycles to get through is traffic.

For anyone among us that has driven in Mass, NY, DC, LA and probably a dozen other places know traffic. The Villages does not have traffic, sorry.

Anyway, enjoy your time and don’t sweat the little things.

Just because there is no rush hour traffic does not mean there is none. Go drive on 441 today and then again end of May after the last fly back home…..100% difference

[TOMCAT]

Originally Posted by Garywt

I always smile when people complain about traffic. Of course the snowbirds are blamed even know with all the money and support they give. But that aside I have never seen any bad traffic in and around The Villages in my 8 years of visiting and living there. Now when a 20 minute ride on a weekend turns into a 2-3 hour ride during rush hour, now that is traffic. Sitting on a highway and not moving for 5-10 minutes, traffic. Trying to take a short cut and taking 10-15 light cycles to get through is traffic.

For anyone among us that has driven in Mass, NY, DC, LA and probably a dozen other places know traffic. The Villages does not have traffic, sorry.

Anyway, enjoy your time and don’t sweat the little things.

I do hope the traffic is not as bad as the traffic in Long Island, NY. The traffic seems to be getting worse over the years. I used to work 20 minutes from my home, but because of rush hour traffic, it took me longer. I used to have to take different short cuts and routes because I could not stand the traffic. So happy I am retired from that.

[Pinball wizard]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

True but still waiting for our Costco

[rjn5656]

The construction is probably causing the delay, not the volume.

[airstreamingypsy]

Originally Posted by midiwiz

what curfew? no such thing

Hahahahaha.... oh wait, you were serious?

[frank1975]

I'm from Connecticut. I know traffic. There's NO traffic here.

[noslices1]

Easy, don’t go to Home Depot

[noslices1]

Lived in Waukegan, IL (near WI border) and commuted to S. Side Chicago. Lived in Whittier,CA and commuted to Pomona, CA. You think traffic HERE is bad?

[Pres1939]

Originally Posted by coralway

Without the snowbirds and the $$$$ and business they bring, there wouldn't be a Home Depot for you to drive home from.

Very true. Must some people find something to complain about? Without the growth of TV, we would be driving to Ocala or Leesburg for everything! Relax and enjoy what we have.

[Heytubes]

In Atlanta we always figured time, not distance. 1 mile is 10 minutes, 5 miles an hour, etc. I feel I’m in the boonies here with the light traffic.

[Chase219]

Only to get Worst watch out for the Boozers

[dreamweaver2634]

Next time you need something from The Home Depot let me know give me your list and i'll shop for you so you can make it to work on time. I'm retired I have the rest of my life to slow down and enjoy the ride.

[B-flat]

Originally Posted by Garywt

For anyone among us that has driven in Mass, NY, DC, LA and probably a dozen other places know traffic. The Villages does not have traffic, sorry.

Anyway, enjoy your time and don’t sweat the little things.

Ditto! I used to leave my home in RI 5:30 AM to commute to the Boston area. By the time I reached RT128/i-95 I was in bumper to bumper/stop& go traffic for miles. It was about a 90 minute drive to and then another 90 minutes back. If there was an accident it has taken as long as 3 hours. I didn’t feel too bad though when some of my co-workers lived in Framingham (12 miles from the office) it took them an hour each way many days of the work week.