ranking the most stressful metropolitan areas

Chewy734 · 09-07-2010, 10:04 AM

#1. Detroit (is there really any surprise here?)
#2. LA (for being expensive and dirty as hell)
#3. Cleveland (yay for not being #2 or #1... oh wait, I was just robbed... again)

What do you guys think?
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griffon252 · 09-07-2010, 10:41 AM

i would add memphis in there. I think they have one of the highest crime rates. Also DC, I just hate driving down there, its suicide.

Nedim · 09-07-2010, 10:56 AM

Des Moines, Iowa..its fucking gay

Chewy734 · 09-07-2010, 10:59 AM

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Des Moines, Iowa..its fucking gay

is there anything even there?

Nedim · 09-07-2010, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Chewy734

is there anything even there?

Yea its the capital city. lol, but its not huge...I wish I lived in Chicago..

Seminole · 09-07-2010, 12:42 PM

Good Miami-Fort Lauderdale is on that list. I hate this place.

Blake · 09-07-2010, 12:53 PM

iowa

Chewy734 · 09-07-2010, 12:59 PM

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iowa

seriously... isn't Univ. of Iowa in the middle of some large corn fields?

c0nstant · 09-07-2010, 01:00 PM

idk, i love living in LA. the only thing i really can't stand are the shitty, asshole drivers that make up 90% of the population. other than that, i can't really complain

Nedim · 09-07-2010, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Chewy734

seriously... isn't Univ. of Iowa in the middle of some large corn fields?

Kind of yea...lol but I will be going there as soon as im done with community college!

Chewy734 · 09-07-2010, 01:04 PM

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idk, i love living in LA. the only thing i really can't stand are the shitty, asshole drivers that make up 90% of the population. other than that, i can't really complain

Isn't traffic a bitch there too?

c0nstant · 09-07-2010, 01:09 PM

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Isn't traffic a bitch there too?

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Originally Posted by jh valley

idk, i love living in LA. the only thing i really can't stand are the shitty, asshole drivers that make up 90% of the population. other than that, i can't really complain

goes without saying

Red Bread · 09-07-2010, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jh valley

idk, i love living in LA. the only thing i really can't stand are the shitty, asshole drivers that make up 90% of the population. other than that, i can't really complain

I moved out of Orange County last year, and really, the drivers in LA and OC aren't all that bad compared to many other places, more often than anything, they were just inattentive, but not overly aggressive compared to other places I've driven. Oddly, LA traffic (excluding trying to get into or out of Santa Monica), when there isn't a wreck, doesn't strike me as too bad either.

Oregano123 · 09-07-2010, 02:40 PM

they come out with a new list every year. we all know its NYC and Chicago

Feyd · 09-07-2010, 03:12 PM

In Chicago, the I-290E from the 355 to downtown is like a fucking video game.

I think "offensive" driving (as in, I've gotta get the fuck out of here as fast as I can before someone else crashes into me) was invented on that 15 mile stretch of road.

I've lived and driven just about everywhere where there are "notoriously bad drivers" and the 290E is complete anarchy.

At least in LA when you see some bimbo with her phone glued to her head she's driving a $150,000 car and you have some eye candy (the car, not the girl). Here in Chicago all you see while you are running for your life is some fat-ass bitch yelling at someone on the phone or turned around swatting one of her 9 fucking welfare babies.

Of course there is always the thought in the back of your head where you can picture the last bit of tape that's holding one of the ground effect parts on her 1989 Astro giving way... The side skirt/wide-body fender arch combo takes one bounce off the pavement and comes right through your windsheild. She speeds off from the scene because she just isn't paying attention or her lack of insurance or in general just not giving a shit... and if you aren't dead immediatly you find yourself caught in the middle of a 40 car pile-up at 85mph.

BTM · 09-07-2010, 03:16 PM

Feyd watch out for this stretch too: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...postcount=7852

Feyd · 09-07-2010, 03:23 PM

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Feyd watch out for this stretch too: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...postcount=7852

Damn... Yeah lots of crazy holes/elevation changes these days with all the construction happening around here.

klipseracer · 09-07-2010, 03:33 PM

Phoenix is 10th less stressful.. Weird. I'm stressed the f*ck out.

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griffon252 Enlisted Member 0 Rep 45 Posts Drives: 325xi Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: MD iTrader: (0)	i would add memphis in there. I think they have one of the highest crime rates. Also DC, I just hate driving down there, its suicide.
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Feyd Major 369 Rep 1,288 Posts Drives: a DEEZZULL Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chicago, IL iTrader: (2)	In Chicago, the I-290E from the 355 to downtown is like a fucking video game. I think "offensive" driving (as in, I've gotta get the fuck out of here as fast as I can before someone else crashes into me) was invented on that 15 mile stretch of road. I've lived and driven just about everywhere where there are "notoriously bad drivers" and the 290E is complete anarchy. At least in LA when you see some bimbo with her phone glued to her head she's driving a $150,000 car and you have some eye candy (the car, not the girl). Here in Chicago all you see while you are running for your life is some fat-ass bitch yelling at someone on the phone or turned around swatting one of her 9 fucking welfare babies. Of course there is always the thought in the back of your head where you can picture the last bit of tape that's holding one of the ground effect parts on her 1989 Astro giving way... The side skirt/wide-body fender arch combo takes one bounce off the pavement and comes right through your windsheild. She speeds off from the scene because she just isn't paying attention or her lack of insurance or in general just not giving a shit... and if you aren't dead immediatly you find yourself caught in the middle of a 40 car pile-up at 85mph.
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