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“If We Don’t Build It, They Won’t Come” was a stupid long term strategy when it came to roads and growth.

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Same thing in Ocala, Florida. No freeways and the streets are jammed. When moving here, I remarked to the realtor how badly Ocala needs a freeway or two. He said, “If we do that, more people will move here.”

I wish I had thought to tell him, “They’re ALREADY here.”

[CharlesMartelsGhost]

Growing up in Central Florida the joke was.

What’s the definition of I-4?

A highway connecting Daytona Beach to Tampa with a parking lot called Orlando.

Although Houston’s highway system is an adventure depending on time of day and I-5 can be a nightmare between Tacoma and Seattle.

Some of the best open road driving is going east on I-80 late May in Wyoming on a full moon reflecting off the last snow on the ground or going west on I-90 through South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana or going west on I-20 in Texas and seeing the oil rigs as one passes Midland-Odessa or I-10 Northwest of San Antonio is a great drive too. A beautiful drive was I-84 going west as it snakes along the Columbia River heading towards the leftists compost heap of Portland, at Times Mt. Hood looked like it stood in the middle of the river as the sun was setting.