On Thu, 08 Oct 2015 11:52:14 -0700, Don Y
wrote:

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)


There's an easy way if you're willing to brave the Kennedy and you
know the ins and outs of route 53. I didn't want to take the Kennedy
and didn't know 53. Besides, it was different road then.
I think I took Milwaukee, then Rand, but won't swear to it.
All I remember was that it seemed interminable, and I promised myself
to never go to Palatine again. The promise lasted 30 years.

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!]

I've been on both sides of that.
And took the train for 5 years when I worked downtown.
15 minute trip, long enough to have a beer on the way home.