The euphoria of living in Texas starts to wear very thin when you get caught in the traffic. I am sure that by this time I have commented on this before but I am in the middle of it again. Getting past the interstate is almost grounds for returning to California. Texas does not believe in underpasses that cross the interstate, and they all tend to be on major highways going the other way. Add to that the fact that we have a very healthy percentage of the population that knows nothing about driving. Think how I would drive a stagecoach.
Then they have what are called “frontage roads” that only go in one direction and what that means is if you don’t know exactly where to get off or if you miss the spot where you were going to get off you have to drive another mile to find another offramp, sometimes 2 miles, and then when you get off, you have to cross back underneath the interstate and drive a mile back on the one direction frontage road the other side. If what you missed was on the original side you were on then you have to drive past it a mile, turn around and come back to where you wanted to go. Not only does this make your trip longer, but it generates a lot more traffic instead of frequent underpasses and two way frontage roads.
Life is hard even in Texas. I am sure you don’t want to move here.
homo unius libri
Friday, January 23, 2026
Opus 2026-051: Where’s the Fire?
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