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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heretic Apostate" data-source="post: 2445350" data-attributes="member: 696">I work less than three miles from work.  In the morning, I take the back way to work:  I go through the residential area, bypassing at least one stoplight in the process (and, more importantly, I generally only have to deal with at most a half-dozen cars).  I go behind the shopping center, bypassing another three stoplights.  Then it's over the bridge, through two more stoplights, a right turn, and two blocks to work.  Total number of stoplights: three (plus one stop sign).  Total time: about 10 minutes.On the way back, it's not so good.  We're on a main road in the city, not one of the busiest, but pretty close.  I have to make a left turn, which means two lanes of traffic.  Depending on how busy it is, I might have to just turn right and go home the hard way.If I'm lucky, it's two stoplights, over the bridge, straight through the next three stoplights (instead of turning left behind the shopping center; the first two stoplights are timed for people going my way, while the third is about half-and-half), go a little way and pull into the residential area.  One stop sign, slow down going by the school, and I'm soon home.  The only tough spot is the bridge, where two lanes are compressed into one, with the inevitable backup (and people refusing to let merging traffic actually merge).  Still, this route allows me to visit the store on the way home.If I'm not lucky, I've got to deal with a stop sign, a second stop sign (with about five to twenty cars waiting to go through), six stoplights, a right turn, and straight home.  Much more traffic, much more chance of being delayed.  Still, this route allows me to visit the library on the way home.</blockquote>

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