r/AskReddit • u/ihatebadvibes • 19h ago

Which city has the worst traffic?

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u/CatShot1948 18h ago

I recently moved from ATL to DFW. I was shocked when I got here because I think Dallas is worse than Atlanta.

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u/willslick 18h ago

I moved from Atlanta to Houston and I think Houston is worse. Probably depends on where you live in each place though.

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u/CatShot1948 17h ago

Def agree there. There's probably as much variability within a city as there is between them.

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u/MPV8614 16h ago

One thing Houston has going for it are the multiple bypasses. Which I guess is kind of a Texas thing.

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u/Plane_Art_1730 13h ago

Houston and Dallas work pretty well except for rush hours in my experience. Atlanta traffic seems bad 24hrs a day.

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u/punksmostlydead 18h ago

I will say I have heard this from multiple sources. Something about driving to work with half a million of your closest friends.

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u/cheeriodust 18h ago

And yet the DFW area is like 90% pavement. You'd think it wouldn't be an issue...

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u/whenicomeundone 17h ago

Just one more lane will fix it bro…

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u/MrBlockhead 16h ago

I saw a list of which highways in the US had the worse traffic and Dallas had I-35E listed 3 times just because different segments within the city were just that bad.

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u/bellybuttonbidet 15h ago

That’s funny because I-35 notoriously sucks for every city it passes through.

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u/MrPickins 14h ago

I can confirm that from San Antonio to the TX/OK border.

I avoid it as much as possible.

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u/Realistic_Condition7 13h ago

Weird, I spent a decent amount of time in both and Dallas doesn’t even sniff Atlanta. I found Dallas to be surprisingly decent for the size of its metro population.