[PRCo] Re: Traffic

[Fred Schneider]

Right.  I found that out.

Bob Rathke wrote:

> You never want to take the I-80 bypass to get from O'Hare to points east.
> We've learned that it's much faster to take the Kennedy Expressway through
> downtown, then the Skyway to Indiana.  Also, tolls are less on the Skyway
> than on the Interstate bypass belt.
>
> Bob 4/1/04
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:16 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Cost of living
>
> > Yes.  True.  And all those people driving across Chicago make for some of
> the
> > worst traffic jams on the planet.  I remember dropping Don Duke off at
> O'Hare for
> > a noon flight one day.  I figured I could get to Cleveland or Pittsburgh
> before
> > camping for the night.  Well, 16:00 and I was still on the I-80 bypass
> around the
> > south side of Chicago.  I gave up for the night at South Bend.
> >
> > Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Bob Rathke wrote:
> > >
> > > > Folks in W. Pa. shouldn't complain about prices - the area has one of
> the
> > > > lowest costs of living in the U.S.
> > > >
> > > > We moved to Chicago 20 years ago, but we have managed to adjust to the
> > > > sticker shock.  Real estate in Pittsburgh still costs about 1/3 to 1/4
> of
> > > > what it costs here.  It's a 75-mile drive from the north suburbs to
> the
> > > > south suburbs of Chicago - how many people in Pittsburgh have ever
> driven
> > > > that far just to visit family or friends?  Sixty miles is like driving
> from
> > > > Pittsburgh to Johnstown for an evening out, but we do it here without
> > > > hesitation.
> > >
> > > It's been a while but I've gone to Johnstown to shop. Sadly not a lot of
> > > relics left to take pictures of. Wish I'd gotten pictures before the
> JTCo
> > > bridge at Ferndale was truncated.
> >
> >
> >