Is it better to drive through Atlanta or take the bypass?

Going straight through is not bad unless you hit it at rush hour, then the by-pass is loaded also. We do the same as Our Time and go straight through on I75. I don't usually take the by pass in any city. I've LIVED north Atlanta for 35 years and I have never taken the by-pass to go anywhere.



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