well the city gal that i am, i use the expression "left them eating my dust" but i can count on the fingers of one hand, the number of times i have driven on unpaved roads, (and still have fingers left over!)

once in while, someone (ex in-laws) will not have a properly paved driveway, and you just park on the lawn.. but its Lawn, you wouldn't drive round in circles on it.. you'd ruin the lawn!(and since the lawn is about 3 feet higher than road way, there is only a very narrow strip where you can pull out onto the roadway with out bottoming out.)

and the US east coast is hilly. we don't have fresh new up start mountains, but our old mountains are all about.. even long island, where i live, is only flat on the south shore. I am about 2K from the shore, and 440 feet above sea level.. not a mountain, but a nice size hill.

up and down the east coast there are beautiful valleys, but there are even more hills. and to use the NE phrase, the land herebouts is thickly settled not enough space for a circle work!


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