"O, uvela eBuffalo? Ngikhetha ukuthi uchitha isikhathi sakho sonke eMzini."
Cha, cha, angikwenzi.
Uma uvela eBuffalo futhi uke waba ngaphandle kwezwe, ngisho nangaphandle kwezwe ngalolu daba, ngikuqinisekisa ukuthi uke wakuzwa lokhu ngaphambili. Ngesizathu esithile, wonke umuntu ongaphandle kweNew York State udidekile ngokucacile ukuthi kuncane kangakanani isimo seNew York ngempela. Ngiyazi abantu abaningi abaye bachitha impilo yabo yonke eBuffalo kodwa bengakenzi eNew York City.
Futhi kungenxa yokuthi, ngesikhathi esifanayo, akuzona zonke eziseduze.
I-Buffalo ikhona e-terminus yeLake Erie naseLake Ontario kuze kube sentshonalanga yezwe, kuyilapho iNew York iseningizimu engxenyeni enkulu empumalanga. Nakuba kungase kubonakale ukuthi lezi zimbalwa zisondele, umzila wamamayela angama-400 phakathi kwalaba ababili uthatha amahora angaphezu kweyisithupha.
Kungase kubonakale sengathi ukulula kodwa ukuhamba phakathi kwalaba ababili akuyona into eqondisa kakhulu. Uma uvela eBuffalo, indlela esheshayo yokushayela ithatha i-Interstate 90 eSyracuse bese i-Interstate 81, kuya ku-380, kuya ku-80, ngaphambi kokuwela iBridge George Bridge. Ngosuku oluhle ungenza umshayeli ube ngamahora amahlanu nesigamu, kodwa ngokuvamile uyisithupha noma ngaphezulu. I-traffic iyashesha futhi idrayivu ikuthatha kude kakhulu endleleni yakho. Kungaba lula kakhulu uma kukhona ukudubula okuqondile, ukusika ngenhliziyo yombuso, kodwa ngeshwa akekho.
Ukuze ubeke lokhu ngokucacile, ukushayela phakathi kweBuffalo neNew York City kufana nokushayela phakathi kweNew York City neVirg Beach, noma ePittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ngisho nasePortland, iMaine iyidrayivu emfushane emahoreni amahlanu nje kuphela. Ungaba ngcono ukuya e-Toronto ngoba kungaphansi kwamahora amabili.
Ngakho, ngesikhathi esizayo lapho uvakashela umndeni noma abangaphandle ngaphandle kwendawo, ungangabazi ukunikeza isifundo semfundo. Ngeke ngikwazi ukulahla labo abangaqhutshisiwe endaweni yabo, ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi baqonde uma bevakashela ukuthi cishe ngeke bavakashele eBuffalo naseNew York ngohambo olufanayo ngaphandle kokuba fly.
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