On 10/8/2015 9:04 AM, Vic Smith wrote:
I was surprised last week when I had to make 3 trips to Palatine from
Morton Grove to feed my sons cats.
Only waited for a few lights - out of about 50.
Quick trips. Left home at 7 PM, so traffic was fairly light.
I still remember driving there from Chicago about 30 years ago, and it
was a nightmare. But I probably took the wrong route then.

There's no easy/quick way from the city out to palatine. Most of
the folks who made the commute when I lived there took the
train into the city (then back out at night)

In chitown, you're either a city liver or a suburbanite -- the two
places don't tend to mix, well.

[My best friend lived in the city while I was in the burbs. I can
count the number of times we'd see each other in a given year on
a few fingers!]