Geography? It's history.

[DaveB]

The road network in the States is astonishingly good. Probably only the autobahns outdo it in terms of feats of engineering and ease of use...

Thats cos any government that makes them get out of their cars and use public transport, or God forbid, WALK, would be out of office quicker than a Halliburton rep after a federal contract.

[mcquiggd]

Well, I have never learnt to drive.. have visited the States regulalry and once spent 5 months in New Hampshire, and walked / used public transport. They have trams, undergrounds, monorails, taxis, buses, a (few) ordinary trains....

Admittedly people looked at me with a slightly bemused expression when I said im not interested in driving, except in California perhaps.

[Tex]

Well, I have never learnt to drive.. have visited the States regulalry and once spent 5 months in New Hampshire, and walked / used public transport. They have trams, undergrounds, monorails, taxis, buses, a (few) ordinary trains....

Admittedly people looked at me with a slightly bemused expression when I said im not interested in driving, except in California perhaps.

Never did trus' them new-fangled internal combustion contraptions. Horses is my way to git around.

[DaveB]

Ahhh, now thats because over there you're English and thus by definition eccentric

[mcquiggd]

We did used to ham it up having a barbie outside the motel another English friend was working at, listening to the cricket on the world service and pretending to be seriously interested in the shipping forecast, watched by a hushed group of Americans....

[BobTheCrate]

we were able to travel from Minneapolis, through the northwest to Seattle close to Canada, down the entire east coast to the Mexican border, in two and a bit weeks, stopping for several days in Minneapolis, Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego... several thousand miles in total.

That was exceptionally clever of you mac - I bet it was astonishing as well doing all that.

Especially down the east coast !

[Mordac]

He meant the East Coast of the Pacific.

I'll...er...get me coat...

[mcquiggd]

Doh! West coast.... Pacific Highway 101... absolutely stuning. Took a detour to Mt St Helens and also the Avenue of the Giants...

Mate of man loved to drive thank god... he was there for 3 months in total and covered just about every State...