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Greg Resch wrote:
> 
> Josh Turner <shua@umich.edu> writes:
> 
>  > Greg Resch wrote:
>  > > . . .Rather than drive 35 or so miles directly
>  > > from Arlington to BWI, you prefer to go an additional 15 miles out of your
>  > > way via the Beltway--just because three miles on New York Avenue are not
>  > > "a limited access, multi-lane freeway"[?] . . .
>  >
>  > Because those three miles are a horrible logjam that sucks the lifeblood
>  > from your very soul?      ^^^
> 
> "Are"?  I think you mean, "can be".
> 
> Yes, those three miles of New York Avenue can be badly congested at rush
> hour.  On the other hand, your preferred route (with those additional 15
> miles--south through Alexandria to the Beltway and then across the Wilson
> Bridge) never is, of course.

What the hell is your point? Are you arguing that traffic on the Beltway
is bad? Better get off that limb. 

Of course traffic on the Beltway is bad. Traffic on New York is bad.
Traffic everywhere in DC is bad. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH
FREEWAYS.

My whole point from the start was not to try and prove that the Beltway
is a better route to BWI than New York Ave. I was merely attempting to
illustrate that there is no north/south freeway that runs from Northern
Virginia to Maryland through the city (i.e. other than the Beltway). A
point, BTW, which you have conceded and reinforced by bringing up New
York Ave, which is the closest thing there is, and is neither
north/south nor a freeway. I personally don't care how you go to
BWI--you seem to be very emotionally attached to New York Ave., and if
you like that road so much, fine, go ahead, use it. No skin off my nose.

BTW, it's nothing like 15 miles from my house to the Beltway--just for
the record.