There are two cities in Arkansas that I must say, I hate driving through. Hate me if you must, defend your city if you will, but every time I find myself in one of these towns I find myself screaming obscenities and lost beyond all belief.
The first is Bryant/Benton. What the crap is UP with your highway exits and entrances? It's not as dangerous as say, the McCain exits in NLR, but once you turn off the highway, good luck getting back on it. I had the unfortunate experience of having to try and turn around in Bryant the other day and I ended up at Home Depot. Or was it Lowes? I can never tell them apart. Just like Bryant and Benton.
But the WORST by far is Hot Springs. Do you people move your roads around or what? I think I have travelled through, around, and under that city more ways than I have my own neighborhood. It's like no matter what exit I take off of I-30, I always end up going the wrong direction. Sometimes I go by Magic Springs, sometimes I go by the mall. Sometimes I pass 2720 and other times I end up on a dead end road in the middle of nowhere. One way it takes 10 minutes, the other an hour. How is that possible? I follow the same roads, make the same turns, and every time I end up somewhere different. It's like that place is a transportation vortex or something. Last night I somehow ended up smack dab downtown and I couldn't figure out for the life of me how I did it. Thankfully I have a keen sense of direction (ha!) and managed to get myself back on the highway, but not after 17 blocks behind a van who most certainly wasn't doing his part in the effort against global warming (cough, cough).
This is why I hate driving. That, and gas prices. But I just had to say that because people complain about them all the time. Whatever.
