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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
the toll booths are only for the out-of-towners without i-pass.
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Yup. That, and having to see Blagoyavich's (sp?) ugly mug on construction billboards near every toll booth was all that I remember about travelling through Illinois to the Wisconsin state line.
LA (and Riverside and Orange counties) have had those electronic passes forever. I went to college in Orange County from 2002-06 and was always envious of everyone using Fastlane passes on the 91.
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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
that's a frequent complaint i hear from out of towners.
for whatever reason, people in chicago tend to use the expressway names, not their interstate numbers.
it's like the anti-LA.
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Having visited Chicago after living in LA and Phoenix, and even Cincinnati (the only freeways there with nicknames that anyone uses with regularity are Fort Washington Way, Cross County Highway and the Norwood Lateral) that was a nightmare. LA freeways have nicknames, but hardly anyone uses them (freeway interchanges like the Orange Crush and El Toro Y notwithstanding).
I love those regional differences and colloquialisms. Then again, a decent GPS system in 2006 cost around $200 and our only resources were maps, Thomas Guides and Mapquest/Google Maps. We were so primitive back then...
You like five ways, right? I'm a three way person myself