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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
In the suburbs, I'm used to driving 45-60 minutes to reach a friend, or a particular restaurant. That's probably not 40 miles *away*, but one doesn't drive very fast in the suburbs. And all the main roads are radial into Chicago - so it takes quite a while to go to a parallel suburb; no fast main roads. 
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Well, we are far away, relatively speaking (15-20 miles) from any nearby freeway. Nor do those tend to go where I want to get to. (of course). 90% of that drive, to the doc's, is on side streets, so...yeah, it's over an hour each way. But, that's the trade-off for some peace and quiet.
Hitch