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Finally, a city-ranking study that makes sense

Published Wednesday, August 04, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

In which city do you least want to drive? Over and over again, national surveys say it's L.A., but anyone who knows the truth knows the answer is Boston. Take a city with street layouts that predate the automobile, add countless rotaries (also known as roundabouts or traffic circles), screw around with the entire system with the biggest road-construction headache ever, and mix with the nation's worst drivers. That be Boston. Read more about the study here.