I must add that I don't think it sucks being here even though the lack of pedestrian crossings drive me mad, in fact I would rather be here than anywhere else I have been or lived. I would rather face cruddy traffic in my hometown in England than the endless drunks and drug addicts stealing my stuff and spending 40% of my salary that is stolen in taxes. Small mercies they may be, but for me who had every car I ever owned vandalised, people puking/peeing/having sex/injecting heroin in my front garden on their way home from the pub, a little girl raped and murdered less than 2 minutes from where I live, being too scared to walk past a group of 7 year old boys in case they are armed, etc etc etc.
Give me the traffic anyday, compared to what I am used to, it is a small price to pay.