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Off-Topic / Re: New Oklahoma City Skyscrap...

Last post by Plutonic Panda - Today at 07:05:35 PM

OKC trying to say it is a world destination as opposed to a large city in a small state.

First time in OKC, eh?

I always cringe when I fly into the OKC Airport and see "You've arrived in a big league city" or something like that. It has pictures of a 50 story skyscraper, a pedestrian bridge, and some Asian guy cooking food.

To be fair to OKC, this yearning to be taken as seriously as Dallas—they say "big league city" but it's clear they want to be Dallas, they never copy off of Kansas City—has produced some pretty big quality of life increases for the city. It's just a shame that the state of Oklahoma cuts them off at the knees at every available opportunity.

Oh I absolutely agree. OKC Has a lot to offer and it's a great city. I'm here right now and i'm enjoying it. I'm just not a big fan of their big league city slogan.

I like OKC a lot too, I just couldn't stand living there.

I had David Payne on yesterday just for nostalgia's sake.

I was watching David Payne as well and it brought back memories. I miss Gary England and his "Friday night in the big town" reports. The news 9 chopper guy was hilarious last night.

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Off-Topic / Re: New Oklahoma City Skyscrap...

Last post by Scott5114 - Today at 06:56:52 PM

OKC trying to say it is a world destination as opposed to a large city in a small state.

First time in OKC, eh?

I always cringe when I fly into the OKC Airport and see "You've arrived in a big league city" or something like that. It has pictures of a 50 story skyscraper, a pedestrian bridge, and some Asian guy cooking food.

To be fair to OKC, this yearning to be taken as seriously as Dallas—they say "big league city" but it's clear they want to be Dallas, they never copy off of Kansas City—has produced some pretty big quality of life increases for the city. It's just a shame that the state of Oklahoma cuts them off at the knees at every available opportunity.

Oh I absolutely agree. OKC Has a lot to offer and it's a great city. I'm here right now and i'm enjoying it. I'm just not a big fan of their big league city slogan.

I like OKC a lot too, I just couldn't stand living there.

I had David Payne on yesterday just for nostalgia's sake.

#3

General Highway Talk / Re: What's the Closest Interst...

Last post by Scott5114 - Today at 06:53:31 PM

The closest for me is I-14 in Temple, Texas. Considering that it was "constructed" in 2017, it also happens to be the newest Interstate that I haven't been on. I just haven't driven that far south yet because of Coved (2020-2021), high gas prices (2022), and adult caregiver (2022-present) putting any possible multi-day road trips on a permanent hold.

Still Interstate 14. Still the same reasons.

Dallas to Copperas Cove is two and a half hours. Why would you need to make a multi-day trip out of that?

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Mountain West / Re: I-40/US 93 West Kingman In...

Last post by Scott5114 - Today at 06:50:21 PM

As a roadgeek, it often feels to me like an upgrade to full freeway is a loss of character and interest.

I sort of think the opposite, as on a surface road any given cross street or little community off the route can easily be missed, whereas on a freeway you get an announcement of it in sixteen-inch letters.

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Off-Topic / Re: New Oklahoma City Skyscrap...

Last post by Plutonic Panda - Today at 06:46:36 PM

OKC trying to say it is a world destination as opposed to a large city in a small state.

First time in OKC, eh?

I always cringe when I fly into the OKC Airport and see "You've arrived in a big league city" or something like that. It has pictures of a 50 story skyscraper, a pedestrian bridge, and some Asian guy cooking food.

To be fair to OKC, this yearning to be taken as seriously as Dallas—they say "big league city" but it's clear they want to be Dallas, they never copy off of Kansas City—has produced some pretty big quality of life increases for the city. It's just a shame that the state of Oklahoma cuts them off at the knees at every available opportunity.

Oh I absolutely agree. OKC Has a lot to offer and it's a great city. I'm here right now and i'm enjoying it. I'm just not a big fan of their big league city slogan.

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Road Trips / Re: What road did you leave on...

Last post by drebbin37 - Today at 06:33:35 PM

Last month on a trip to Chicagoland with lots of state highway clinching west of Binghamton:

CT/NY: I-84
NY/NJ/NY: NJ23 for gas
NY/PA: I-84
PA/NY: PA199/NY34
NY/PA/NY: NY17
NY/PA: NY248A/PA244
PA/NY: PA449/NY19
NY/PA: US62
PA/OH: PA198/OH167
OH/IN: OH18/IN8
IN/IL: W 197th Ave./N18000E/E10500N (IN2 was closed)
IL/IN: I-80/94
IN/OH: IN427/OH34
OH/PA: OH5/PA58
PA/NY: PA426 (Findley Lake Rd.)/NY426 (North East Rd.)
NY/CT: I-84

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Off-Topic / Re: New Oklahoma City Skyscrap...

Last post by Scott5114 - Today at 06:04:02 PM

OKC trying to say it is a world destination as opposed to a large city in a small state.

First time in OKC, eh?

I always cringe when I fly into the OKC Airport and see "You've arrived in a big league city" or something like that. It has pictures of a 50 story skyscraper, a pedestrian bridge, and some Asian guy cooking food.

To be fair to OKC, this yearning to be taken as seriously as Dallas—they say "big league city" but it's clear they want to be Dallas, they never copy off of Kansas City—has produced some pretty big quality of life increases for the city. It's just a shame that the state of Oklahoma cuts them off at the knees at every available opportunity.

#8

Traffic Control / Re: Duplicate Controls Not All...

Last post by bzakharin - Today at 05:00:48 PM

I wonder how this rule impacts the continuity of control cities. If you have two roads at an interchange going to Bigtown and one of them is signed for Littletown because of this rule, it will probably revert to Bigtown at all subsequent interchanges, possibly not mentioning Littletown again. Is that really a better idea?

#9

Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...

Last post by Scott5114 - Today at 04:59:12 PM

Unfortunately, a lot of hotels are doing this too, but instead of cleaning fees, they're "resort fees".

Your new hometown is king.

Yes, and it's kind of a political issue here, actually. The representatives from Nevada are as far as I know the only Democrats in opposition to regulations that would prohibit such things. The city's economy is more diverse than it used to be, but the Strip still calls the shots.

#10

Pacific Southwest / Re: Interstate 11 alignment, t...

Last post by Scott5114 - Today at 04:55:19 PM

How exactly do you remove a gravel road when the unimproved ground surface in an area is basically gravel? It seems like, short of running a barrier of some kind over it, it would be pretty difficult to avoid people making their own RIRO access point if they really wanted one there.

That's what r/w fencing is for.

I thought it was mostly to keep animals out.

A driver is a type of animal.