How many of you drive/don’t drive?

[elsmere241]

One thing that trips me up about much of New England is that once you're away from interstates and freeways, it's agonizingly slow and disjointed to get from point A to point B.

Same goes with the more rural parts of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.

[vdeane]

One thing that trips me up about much of New England is that once you're away from interstates and freeways, it's agonizingly slow and disjointed to get from point A to point B.

Same goes with the more rural parts of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.

While this is true of the Northeast in general, New England is on a whole other level.  I can think of several places in Maryland that are off-interstate but still have high-speed divided highways.  Even upstate NY has higher speed limits on two-lane roads than most of New England.

[JayhawkCO]

One thing that trips me up about much of New England is that once you're away from interstates and freeways, it's agonizingly slow and disjointed to get from point A to point B.

Same goes with the more rural parts of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.

While this is true of the Northeast in general, New England is on a whole other level.  I can think of several places in Maryland that are off-interstate but still have high-speed divided highways.  Even upstate NY has higher speed limits on two-lane roads than most of New England.

But for the purposes of this discussion though, speed limits don't matter. Point to point distances and how often you'd need to travel those point to point distances is what's relevant.

[vdeane]

One thing that trips me up about much of New England is that once you're away from interstates and freeways, it's agonizingly slow and disjointed to get from point A to point B.

Same goes with the more rural parts of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.

While this is true of the Northeast in general, New England is on a whole other level.  I can think of several places in Maryland that are off-interstate but still have high-speed divided highways.  Even upstate NY has higher speed limits on two-lane roads than most of New England.

But for the purposes of this discussion though, speed limits don't matter. Point to point distances and how often you'd need to travel those point to point distances is what's relevant.

If driving anywhere is a long (time-wise) slog, you're not going to do it as often.  Simple.

[JayhawkCO]

One thing that trips me up about much of New England is that once you're away from interstates and freeways, it's agonizingly slow and disjointed to get from point A to point B.

Same goes with the more rural parts of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.

While this is true of the Northeast in general, New England is on a whole other level.  I can think of several places in Maryland that are off-interstate but still have high-speed divided highways.  Even upstate NY has higher speed limits on two-lane roads than most of New England.

But for the purposes of this discussion though, speed limits don't matter. Point to point distances and how often you'd need to travel those point to point distances is what's relevant.

If driving anywhere is a long (time-wise) slog, you're not going to do it as often.  Simple.

Sure, but if it's necessary, you're still going to do it (going to work, going to school, grocery store, etc.).

[formulanone]

One thing that trips me up about much of New England is that once you're away from interstates and freeways, it's agonizingly slow and disjointed to get from point A to point B.

Same goes with the more rural parts of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.

While this is true of the Northeast in general, New England is on a whole other level.  I can think of several places in Maryland that are off-interstate but still have high-speed divided highways.  Even upstate NY has higher speed limits on two-lane roads than most of New England.

But for the purposes of this discussion though, speed limits don't matter. Point to point distances and how often you'd need to travel those point to point distances is what's relevant.

I went off a little on a tangent, but my point was that to put in a lot of yearly miles in some regions also takes a lot of time.

[jeffandnicole]

One thing that trips me up about much of New England is that once you're away from interstates and freeways, it's agonizingly slow and disjointed to get from point A to point B.

Same goes with the more rural parts of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.

At least there's places to go.  Put these 3 states, along with much of New England, in many states west of the Mississippi and they'll easily fit in areas without interstates at all...and in some areas, you would barely encounter more than a few paved roads. 

[Flint1979]

At 50,000 or so miles a year that's 136 miles a day. I have days where I will drive about 600 miles a day. I've left Saginaw before and ended up in Knoxville, Tennessee before stopping for the day.

[kkt]

I drive.  Not a whole lot of miles, some errands.  Sometimes trips to hiking spots.  Driving my college-age child home from college for a weekend.  Around 9000 miles a year.