One thing that I found unusual when I moved to Tucson was the number of U-turns people make. Not only do people make many U-turns, but they even have things like "U-turn only" and "U-turn and left turn only" signs, that would be very unusual in most other locations.
Since I've been in Minnesota, I have not seen one person (other than me) make a U-turn. I have, in fact, made more U-turns in the few short days I've been here than most Midwesterners make in their lifetimes. This is partly due to the fact that I don't know my way around, and this area has no strait streets. They're rather a jumbled mess, especially compared to Tucson where most of the streets you would use to get anywhere other than someone's house are very squarely laid out.
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Yeah, they had that in Boston a bit. They had divided streets in some spots so to go next door to your left, you had to drive a mile to the right, make a U-Turn, go all the way back past the place, make another U-Turn, and hopefully not miss the turn into the place. Not very user friendly, but I swear I loved it (sound like a PC user?).<br><br>Anyway, this coffee is excellent. Say, who’s Pedro’s running mate?
I wanted to make some U-turns today in Milwaukee, but I wasn’t able to. But speaking of differences in traffic flow I keep getting confused as to which comes first the green light or the left turn arrow.
There were several ways I knew I was back in the midwest:<br><br>1. The humidity when I walked off the plane.2. No U-turn only signs.3. Turn arrows at the beginning of lights.4. My waiter asked me if I wanted more “pop”.
I once visited a friend who lived just north of Detroit. In the directions she gave me to her house, she included the phrase “Michigan turn.” Apparently, it’s *extremely* popular in that area to not allow left turns at intersections, but to put a required U-turn in the middle of the block. It was very strange.
