What 2nd tier city has the worse traffic?

[Southern Soul Bro]

Gainesville only has 34,000 people. If it's second Tier, then Warner Robins is too.

[lilmusket]

Originally Posted by King_X

Gainesville only has 34,000 people. If it's second Tier, then Warner Robins is too.

yeah, but it's urbanized area is much bigger than that...over 150,000

Greenville, SC city population is less than 50k, but its metro area is over 700K

[Southern Soul Bro]

hmm I just looked it up and it says Gainesville is 54 miles from Atlanta. Thats not too far, but still kinda. So is Gainesville/Hall County's growth more due to Metropolitan Atlanta growing into it, the city of Gainesville itself, or a combination of the two???? I dont know.

Where do you get your Urban Area figures? The one on wiki says Gainesville's UA is 88,000,Warner Robins' is 90,000, and Greenville SC's is 300,000....so Greenville would be a completely different monster.

Either way both are growing fast, but I wouldnt consider them on the same level as Macon, Columbus, Augusta and Savannah.

[yerocal]

Originally Posted by lilmusket

yeah, but it's urbanized area is much bigger than that...over 150,000

Greenville, SC city population is less than 50k, but its metro area is over 700K

Yeah thats true but you can't even compare Gainesville to Greenville, that like Comparing Atlanta to NYC or LA.....Come on......Gainesville still doesn't even compare to W.Robins, Now if you said Dalton or Rome I could agree.... But W.Robins thats Funny....Robins AF Base along employees more people than the Gainesville entire economy and rest either more than likely commutes to North Atlanta or Alpharetta for more Higher Paid Jobs..... Thats really were Gainesville/Hall county benefits; because a lot of Metro ATL companies are located in Alpharetta. People choose to live in Hall county and commute in for work.

[yerocal]

Originally Posted by yerocal

I would say Macon Because during high peak times 7:00AM-9 and 4:00-PM traffic can get really bad especially on I-75/16 downtown, Mercer, Zebulon Rd (NW Macon) and Gray hwy in East Macon sometimes can get bumper to bump.....


East Macon/Gray Hwy


Downtown

Traffic on Riverside Dr. Macon

[lilmusket]

This thread is strange.. are ppl actually boasting about their city having bad traffic? Is that something to be proud of? I think not. I don't know if Gainesville qualifies as second tier, but let me tell you, it has by far worse traffic than most of the other cities mentioned. The problem with Gainesville is that it was essentially a small city that grew very rapidly without a lot of planning and that leads to a traffic nightmare. Hall County has consistently been one of the fastest growing counties in Georgia.
Savannah is not too bad, except for heading out to the beach (only one rd goes there!).. but since the city has a well planned grid pattern, traffic is distributed quite well. Augusta, Macon and Columbus are all about the same as far as traffic from what I have experienced, about average for their size.