Travels thru cities or around them?

cjmgranny wrote:
Hi all,
Is there an easy way to find out if it is a good idea to travel through a city with a travel trailer or if going around the city is preferable?
I grew up in Boston MA and although it is a great city, I would rather drive around it than thru it with my travel trailer if Boston were not my destination.
We are planning a cross country trip and are wondering specifically about Indianapolis IN, E St Louis IL and St Louis MO.
Thank you,
cjmgranny

There is no easy way to answer this question. Take Atlanta for example, generally it is faster to go right through on I-75, unless it is rush hour, but then again over the years that has changed some due to the bypass getting worse. So Atlanta could now be a toss up for most.

Indianapolis has a "ring" of interstates around it and the city is huge so obviously you would want to circle around it. In St. Louis there is not much choice, and whatever you do don't go through East St. Louis! I suppose if each of you were armed with a machine gun and you were looking for excitement you could, but otherwise won't even stop close to East St. Louis.

Chicago has tons of toll roads and interstates, or you can dump off and go right into downtown Chicago, you will know if you are where you are not suppose to be in a hurry.

On a trip out west last summer we went across the U.S., up the California, Oregon, Washington coast, then back across the northern states. The only area I avoided was L.A. We routed out just over 100 miles from L.A. Just didn't want to get into the traffic or other issues.