Reply To: Driving With Popa

One word answer:

traffic

Of course there is more traffic. That is because everybody goes that way.

I once had a summer job, and there was a major highway which went right there, but had terrible traffic. So I spent the first month trying different ways to get home quicker. Then I realized what all those people on the highway already knew: that it was the fastest way to go.

Sometimes you think you are being a chochom, but it pays to watch what other people are doing. “Everyone else” is usually correct.