NA: Interstate or Back Roads?

[ARFlyer]

The last thread got me thinking about a debate I always get in to with my friends.

Do you like to use interstates or back roads (US, State, County) for travel ?

I will go first. I like interstates if I have a need or to get somewhere in the shortest time possible. If not, I perfer the back roads for multiple reasons. Less traffic and less crazy drivers. A lot more visually satisfying scenery. Also I can drive 10 over and use the whole road for cornering. :

I guess I'm bias since I was raised and still live in Arkansas. If you want to go anywhere in the north part of the state FORGET about interstates and quick travel. A 120 mile trip could easily take you 3+ hours.

So what does the rest of POA say?

 

[Jim Logajan]

"When we get these thruways across the whole country, as we will and must, it will be possible to drive from New York to California without seeing a single thing." -- John Steinbeck, Travels With Charley: In Search of America"If the traveler expects the highway to be safe and well graded, he may as well stay home. The little roads without numbers are the ones I have liked the best, the bumpy ones that lead over the hills toward vicinities unknown . . . . I keep thinking I will find something wonderful just around the next bend."
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"The interstate highway system is a wonderful thing. It makes it possible to go from coast to coast without seeing anything or meeting anybody. If the United States interests you, stay off the interstates." -- Charles Kuralt, A Life on the Road
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/first.cfm