Houston driving

First, it is somewhat worse than Dallas, as Chuck indicated, but not horrendous, at least not comparing weekends to weekends. And, yes, streets aren’t always in the best of repair, even in better areas. The Central Market in Houston is about a mile and half east of the Galleria on Westheimer. The cross street on the east side has a number of poorly repaired potholes, and this is a high-rent neighborhood.

That said, I still hope — and plan — to not have to discover too much more about it.

As far as big cities in general, I’ve driven in all of the top-20 metropolitan areas with the possible exception of Boston, as I don’t know if it’s in the top 20 or not, and I’ve not driven there.

In general, L.A. is indeed the worst, followed by New York City in many ways. BUT, San Francisco’s west side is horrible because there’s no freeway on the west side. L.A. is bad because many of its freeways don’t have access roads, so it’s hard to dodge accidents.