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Started by Nacho, May 18, 2018, 03:53:22 PM

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Nacho

May 18, 2018, 03:53:22 PM  
Figured I'd finally take the plunge and register.

Born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana, now living in Chicago, with stops in Wisconsin and Ohio along the way.

I can't say for sure where my interest in roads came from, but I think a lot of it was sparked by our family's annual trips to Maine. I enjoyed the sights, all the differences between states (as well as toll road/non-toll road differences), checking our progress in the atlas, etc.

Perhaps not surprisingly given my background, I tend to be especially interested in the highways of the Midwest. Perhaps surprisingly, I actually don't like driving much. I do enjoy road trips for the most part, but on a day to day basis I'd rather walk or take transit most of the time. Go figure.

kphoger

#1
May 18, 2018, 03:56:18 PM  
Welcome.

Chicago is an excellent city for transit, so I don't blame you.  I didn't own a car most of the time I lived there.
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Nacho

#2
May 18, 2018, 04:14:36 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on May 18, 2018, 03:56:18 PM
Welcome.

Chicago is an excellent city for transit, so I don't blame you.  I didn't own a car most of the time I lived there.

Lots of things within walking distance + good transit + it being a pain to get anywhere in the city with a car = it mostly just sits in the garage. When we moved here from Ohio I went from filling the tank slightly more often than once a week (due to a dreadful commute) to basically only filling up when we go out of town.

adventurernumber1

#3
May 18, 2018, 04:16:08 PM  
Welcome from the state of Georgia!  :wave:

I love the roads in the Midwest as well. Thankfully, I have had the opportunity to go both to Chicago and St. Louis, and I really enjoyed both trips.

I'll see you around on the forum!  :nod:

kphoger

#4
May 18, 2018, 04:16:44 PM  
Quote from: Nacho on May 18, 2018, 04:14:36 PM
Lots of things within walking distance + good transit + it being a pain to get anywhere in the city with a car

+ the price of a parking garage
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adwerkema

#5
May 18, 2018, 04:18:23 PM  
Welcome from across the lake! Glad another Midwesterner is among us :)

hotdogPi

#6
May 18, 2018, 05:20:14 PM  
Welcome from Massachusetts!
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#7
May 18, 2018, 05:24:53 PM  
Welcome from Upstate NY  :wave:

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#8
May 18, 2018, 05:30:23 PM  
Greetings, fellow newcomer!

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#9
May 19, 2018, 03:11:37 AM  
Welcome from Huntsville, AL!
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jon daly

#10
May 19, 2018, 09:36:52 AM  
Quote from: Nacho on May 18, 2018, 03:53:22 PM
Figured I'd finally take the plunge and register.

Born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana, now living in Chicago, with stops in Wisconsin and Ohio along the way.

I can't say for sure where my interest in roads came from, but I think a lot of it was sparked by our family's annual trips to Maine. I enjoyed the sights, all the differences between states (as well as toll road/non-toll road differences), checking our progress in the atlas, etc.

Perhaps not surprisingly given my background, I tend to be especially interested in the highways of the Midwest. Perhaps surprisingly, I actually don't like driving much. I do enjoy road trips for the most part, but on a day to day basis I'd rather walk or take transit most of the time. Go figure.

Welcome. When I was about 7, our family took a daytrip from Connecticut to Howe Caverns in NY. I was following along with the atlas and thought that my dad was not taking the optimal route, so I was pitching a fit in the backseat. Even then, I thought that I was a great navigator.

Rothman

#11
May 20, 2018, 12:00:31 PM  
Welcome.  Spent my early years in Bloomington, too.
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paulthemapguy

#12
May 20, 2018, 11:32:52 PM  
Welcome!  I've lived in the Chicagoland area pretty much all my life.  The somewhat peculiar winding of the flyover ramps at I-88 and I-355 got me thinking and wondering about roadways, and I've been into them ever since.
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#13
May 21, 2018, 03:29:56 PM  
Welcome to the site, from a former NW Suburbanite.
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Nacho

#14
May 23, 2018, 11:00:28 AM  
Thanks for the greetings, everyone.

Quote from: 1 on May 18, 2018, 05:20:14 PM
Welcome from Massachusetts!

I've spent a fair amount of time in Massachusetts since I have a lot of family there. My family usually vacationed primarily in Maine but we'd also spend a few days visiting my grandma on Cape Cod. I remember being particularly fascinated with the way old routes would be signed with a suffix: 6A and the like, in contrast to the usual practice in Indiana of simply giving the road a name like "Old SR 37."

Quote from: Rothman on May 20, 2018, 12:00:31 PM
Welcome.  Spent my early years in Bloomington, too.

It was a great place to grow up, and every time I go back it feels a bit like I never left.

Hurricane Rex

#15
May 23, 2018, 05:34:57 PM  
Welcome from Oregon!

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