Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[PNWRoadgeek]

3/29/2026: How big would a hypothetical city where the only freeways are hypotenuses be?

[hotdogPi]

3/29/2026: How big would a hypothetical city where the only freeways are hypotenuses be?

I haven't checked thoroughly, but I believe 89.

15, 36, 39
48, 64, 80
39, 80, 89

[formulanone]

3/29/2026: How big would a hypothetical city where the only freeways are hypotenuses be?

Carthage, Mississippi is so close but now that arrow is pointing the "wrong way"...



Franklintown, Louisiana is off by one number...make that ten a nine and I'd be okay with that blunder:

[kurumi]

The best Pythagorean triple is 1, i, 0

[Max Rockatansky]

3/29/2026: How big would a hypothetical city where the only freeways are hypotenuses be?

Assuming it is flat (why wouldn't it be?) then it would be large enough to fit all the diesel engined Sabbs left on the road. 

[PNWRoadgeek]

3/29/2026: How big would a hypothetical city where the only freeways are hypotenuses be?

Assuming it is flat (why wouldn't it be?) then it would be large enough to fit all the diesel engined Sabbs left on the road. 

But do the Sabbs crash it?("It" being opposing Sabbs)

[Max Rockatansky]

3/29/2026: How big would a hypothetical city where the only freeways are hypotenuses be?

Assuming it is flat (why wouldn't it be?) then it would be large enough to fit all the diesel engined Sabbs left on the road. 

But do the Sabbs crash it?("It" being opposing Sabbs)

Nah, they just Lord Carhorn their way out of nominal roadway incursions. 

[Scott5114]

3/29/2026: How big would a hypothetical city where the only freeways are hypotenuses be?

Bigger than a breadbox.

[xonhulu]

3/29/2026: How big would a hypothetical city where the only freeways are hypotenuses be?

A population of one person is enough, because a hypotenuse only requires two legs.

[PNWRoadgeek]

3/29/2026: How big would a hypothetical city where the only freeways are hypotenuses be?

Bigger than a breadbox.

So like.
 Big.

[formulanone]

3/29/2026: How big would a hypothetical city where the only freeways are hypotenuses be?

Bigger than a breadbox.

So like.
 Big.

Somewhere between yay big and yea big.

[freebrickproductions]

3-30-26:
What intersections would benefit from conversions into roundabouts of any variety?

[1995hoo]

3-30-26:
What intersections would benefit from conversions into roundabouts of any variety?

I have long wanted to see Washington Circle in Washington, DC, converted into a Swindon-style Magic Roundabout, together with spectator seating and beer sales to allow local residents to watch the carnage that would ensue.

Although as I think about it this morning, I find myself thinking that it would also be interesting to replace the very annoying Seven Corners intersection in Virginia with a simple three-lane roundabout (three lanes because Route 7 has three lanes in each direction).

[formulanone]

3-30-26:
What intersections would benefit from conversions into roundabouts of any variety?

The intersection conversion process is not to be taken lightly; first it must denounce its ways, then accept Adobe upon conversion to PDF. After enlightenment, consideration, a willingness to yield to greater things, promises to never stop its ways, and perhaps a few drinks to simulate counterclockwise flow, the intersection can convert to a roundabout.

[PColumbus73]

3-30-26:
What intersections would benefit from conversions into roundabouts of any variety?

I-95 @ Exit 1 / Henry Hudson Pkwy / 178th St

I-95 @ Exit 1D/C/B / I-87 Major Deegan Expwy

[GaryV]

3-30-26:
What intersections would benefit from conversions into roundabouts of any variety?

Both ends of the Hypotenuse.

[wanderer2575]

3-30-26:
What intersections would benefit from conversions into roundabouts of any variety?

The I-5/I-10/US-101/CA-60 East Los Angeles Interchange.

[kphoger]

(NB) Whistler BC
(SB) Santa Clarita CA

March 28th, 2026:

Continuing from the previous question, what should the control city be at Exit 278 on I-5 in Oregon in both directions?

[kphoger]

Land area equal to that of Emmetsburg, Iowa.  So, just shy of 4 square miles.

Population equal to that of Bassett, Virginia.  So, between 1000 and 1100.

3/29/2026: How big would a hypothetical city where the only freeways are hypotenuses be?

[kphoger]

In the Des Moines area, 205th Street @ R Avenue would benefit from being converted into a grade-separated roundabout-over interchange.  It would look like this.

3-30-26:
What intersections would benefit from conversions into roundabouts of any variety?

[xonhulu]

3-30-26:
What intersections would benefit from conversions into roundabouts of any variety?

The intersection of my phonograph needle and Yes' Fragile album often converts into a Roundabout.

However, it may also give me a Long Distance Runaround.

[Sapphuby]

3-30-26:
What intersections would benefit from conversions into roundabouts of any variety?

Two parallel lines of logic intersecting on the sphere of disagreement would benefit with a roundabout of arguments

[kphoger]

Two parallel lines of logic intersecting on the sphere of disagreement would benefit with a roundabout of arguments

I hope it's about the Earth being flat.

[jlam]

3-30-26:
What intersections would benefit from conversions into roundabouts of any variety?

The intersection of N-12 and 509th Ave in Monowi, Nebraska, would benefit from a conversion into the Putrajaya Roundabout, giving the town a much-needed beltway.

[PNWRoadgeek]

3-30-26:
What intersections would benefit from conversions into roundabouts of any variety?

Stop signs in neighborhoods.