the drive
I was over at Seven Corners the other day. Had to get there by way of Route 7 - always a challenge. Fortunately, I watched Vanishing Point to bone up on my driving skills, and all went well.
For those of you in the hinterland, the area I'm talking about consists of several neighborhoods - Skyline, Bailey's Crossroads, Culmore and the afore mentioned Seven Corners. It is a congested area with the main drag being Route 7 which ranges from 8 to 4 lanes in size and speed limits of 35 - 40 mph*, (in theory). It is a very cosmopolitan and international area. I'd guess there are at least 75 nationalities and ethnic groups represented along the road, all of them united by a total lack of any driving skills. It's sort of a Benneton ad for the lame. That simple three mile stretch of blacktop holds more misery and frustration than Xenophon's March...
*MPH is sort of like "dog years" for native Northern Virginians. When you say 35-40mph it translates to us as 45-60mph...
For those of you in the hinterland, the area I'm talking about consists of several neighborhoods - Skyline, Bailey's Crossroads, Culmore and the afore mentioned Seven Corners. It is a congested area with the main drag being Route 7 which ranges from 8 to 4 lanes in size and speed limits of 35 - 40 mph*, (in theory). It is a very cosmopolitan and international area. I'd guess there are at least 75 nationalities and ethnic groups represented along the road, all of them united by a total lack of any driving skills. It's sort of a Benneton ad for the lame. That simple three mile stretch of blacktop holds more misery and frustration than Xenophon's March...
*MPH is sort of like "dog years" for native Northern Virginians. When you say 35-40mph it translates to us as 45-60mph...
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