QUINCY IS A rocking chair community - just go back and forth on the porch on a nice summer night at a nice smooth pace.
But don't rock too slow. Or too fast. We like it nice and smooth, with no interruptions or challenges.
Right now, driving around Quincy is like rocking too fast and too slow at the same time.
Broadway has been a mess all summer. Now it's from 24th to 30th and it's dangerous to drive that stretch. My advice? Don't.
See? We are back to rocking nice and easy.
Unfortunately I have to navigate 24th and Broadway about 5:30 every night to pick up labs from the Blessing Employer Clinic. There is a back way but it's a one-lane alley and not really safe. Last night I was trying to turn east onto Broadway from 24th, but the line of vehicles heading east was so thick and long that it clogged the intersection and it took three light changes to finally turn left. And I still cut right in front of a vehicle that ignored the red light heading east.
I avoid Broadway even when it's not being torn up. I will not tell you the best ways to avoid it. Then my little side trips get clogged with traffic. The easiest way to navigate the east-west Q-Town drive is to take Maine Street.
The bridge project on Harrison east of 24th and Cherry Lane being closed by 12th are huge pains. So was Oak between 22nd and Broadway until it finally opened earlier this month.
But ... we all complain about the bad roads and sewers failing. Then they get fixed. And we complain some more.
So I have some patience and just figure out other ways to get around. It's not like I drive for a living or anything.
Wait. I DO drive for a living.
Never mind. I'll just get there in one piece and eventually everything will be fixed and we will all live happily ever after. Except on Broadway.
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