"Hayi, uvela eBuffalo? Ndibethe uchitha lonke ixesha lakho kwiSixeko."
Hayi, hayi mna.
Ukuba uvela eBuffalo kwaye uke waphuma ngaphandle kwelizwe, nangaphandle kwimeko yombuso, ndiqinisekisa ukuba uye wakuva oko ngaphambili. Ngesizathu esithile, wonke umntu ongaphandle kweNew York State udidekile malunga nendlela encinci yelizwe elitsha laseNew York. Ndiyazi abantu abaninzi abasebenzisa ubomi babo bonke eBuffalo kodwa abazange benze eNew York City.
Kwaye kungenxa yokuba, ngexesha elifanayo, abahlali bonke abasondeleyo.
I-Buffalo ihlala kwi-terminus yeLake Erie kunye neLake Ontario ukuya kwintshona-ntshona yelizwe, ngelixa i-New York isezantsi inxalenye esempuma. Ngoxa kubonakala ngathi ezi zimbini ziphantse, i-drive-mile ye-400-milo phakathi kwezi zibini ithatha iiyure ezithandathu.
Kubonakala ngathi ulula kodwa ukuhamba phakathi kwezi zibini akuyona eyona nto ichanekileyo. Ukuba uvela eBuffalo, indlela ekhawulezayo yokuqhubela phambili ithatha i-Interstate 90 eSyracuse, emva koko i-Interstate 81, ukuya kuma-380 ukuya kuma-80, ngaphambi kokuwela iBeorge Washington Bridge. Ngomhla olungileyo unokwenza i-drive ngeeyure ezintlanu neyesigamu, kodwa ngokuqhelekileyo zithandathu okanye ngaphezulu. I-Traffic iyancipha kwaye idrayivu ikuthatha kude kakhulu endleleni yakho. Kuya kuba yinto elula kakhulu ukuba kukho ukudubula ngokuthe ngqo, ukusika ngentliziyo yombuso, kodwa ngelanga alikho.
Ukubeka oku ngolu hlobo, ukuqhuba phakathi kweBuffalo kunye neNew York City kufana ne-drive phakathi kweNew York City kunye ne-Virginia Beach, okanye nasePittsburgh, ePennsylvania. KwasePortland, iMaine yinkampani emfutshane ngeeyure ezintlanu kuphela. Ubungcono ukuya kwiToronto kuba kungaphantsi kweeyure ezimbini.
Ngoko, ngexesha elizayo xa usityelela intsapho okanye ngabahlobo ngaphandle kwendawo, unganqikazi ukunika isifundo semfundo. Akunakwenzeka ukuba ndigwebe abo abangahlanjulwanga kwi-geography yabo, ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile ukuba baqonde xa beza kutyelela ukuba mhlawumbi abayi kuvakashela eBuffalo naseNew York ngohambo olufanayo ngaphandle kokuba fly.
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