RTP-area local music and culture

[John I <not AT hotmail.com>]

Doug Sutton wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
>>From: chris.clemmons AT juno.com
>>Sent: Jan 8, 2006 2:54 PM
>>To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
>>Subject: chappy advice?
>>
>>Hey a.m.c-h'ers, this is Chris Clemmons from Regina Hexaphone.  My wife
>>and I are contemplating a move to the Chapel Hill area from Raleigh,
>>and we recently looked at a house we liked in the Northwood
>>neighborhood (off MLK, between Eubanks and Weaver Dairy Rd).  I was
>>just wondering if anybody had any sort of impressions of Northwood
>>and/or the nearby area.  Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
>>Also, if we do move, I'd be commuting daily to Raleigh (or, hopefully,
>>car/vanpooling).  Anybody else doing that commute?  Does it suck really
>>hard?   CAC
>>
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> The commute from CH to Raleigh is usually no problem (I do it every
> day).  The major congestion is in the opposite direction of your
> commute, so every morning you will observe a logjam between the Park and
> Cary (going westbound as you head east); and every afternoon you will
> see thousands going back eastbound as you head back to Chapel Hill,
> especially at the I-40/Wade split.  The only time you will ever have a
> problem with the commute (other than just the time/distance invested) is
> if there's a bad wreck, which is the case anywhere. 
> 

I have the opposite impression:  I can set my cruise control to 75 and not 
bother changing speed every morning in my commute from Raleigh to CH, but it 
seems like all the eastbound traffic gets boggled by the rising sun and slows 
and congeals in the climb out of the crabtree creek slough.  In the evenings, 
post-Durham expressway west-bound traffic gets bottle-necked in the final run 
to the 54 exit.

I hit the road around 7:30 in the morning and 4:30 in the evening.  If I 
don't make it past the SAS exit by 5:00, I am screwed.  I've been doing this 
commute ever since just after 40 was completed between the Park and CH and 
this is the best it's ever been.