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In article <4lm7vf$7tn@newsgate.sps.mot.com>,
Gordon Gunn  <ggunn@aton.sps.mot.com> wrote:
>In article <4leung$57j@dfw-ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> Nestor J.
>Presas, nestor3@ix.netcom.com writes:
>> With most of the state flaming about driving conditions in
>>Austin,(and with good reason) this is the third Austinite, that felt it
>>was his duty to defend the city of his peers. And he is asking US to
>>develop a little tolerance!
>
>Just for the record, I was not defending Austin, or any place,
>for that matter.   There are good and bad drivers everywhere. 
>I've lived and drived in a *lot* of other places, and, on the
>whole, Austin is no better or worse than any of them.  Think
>about it, what attribute of a section of the populace (i.e.,
>"bad" drivers) would cause them to accumulate in any particular
>locale?
>

Ignorance, abundance of jobs, and poor road system design.  The abundance
of jobs allow the ignorant to actually have a place to go for employment.
This leads to an increased density of ignorant.  These losers had no/poor 
jobs where jobs were tight.  They move here (along with the intelligent,
but in higher percentages) in droves.  Take a poorly designed traffic 
system like Austin has (can you say safety?), stir in a bunch of ignoramuses 
(5% - 10%) and you get driving pandemonium.  

Disclaimer: To me, ignorance (from the word ignore), is the blatant disregard
for knowledge.  It is not to be confused with lacking intelligence which to
me means one is learning but hasn't yet achieved.  It is more a statement of
attitude than a statement of status.



>
>>    Whomever gave Austing [sic] the title of one of America's more livable
>>city definitively had not struggle(driven) in I-35. 
>
>You know where the road outta town is.  Somebody got a gun to
>your head, keeping you here?
>
>Gordon in Austin 


Austin is a great city with many wonderful reasons to live here.  The driving
condition in this city is deplorable and deserves attention.  Telling someone
who recognizes this condition (who is more than likely one of the concious
drivers) to get out of town, is counterproductive.  When there is a problem,
one should fix the problem, not shoot the observant.

Rick


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