Yankee Division Highway vs. the diameter of things

Hey you! Don't tell me there's no hope at all,
Together we stand, divided we fall. ~Pink Floyd "Hey You"

That which does not kill me, makes me stronger. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Life without music would be a mistake.~Friedrich Nietzsche

Today, I was met with a very common challenge of having to figure out how to get from Canton to Medford with minimum frustration. At 5 pm. With an accident on 93 N around Columbia Rd. (Dorchester?). Usually, my solution is simple: I take 95 N to Rt. 2 E into Arlington (Lake St.) and cross Mass Ave to Broadway to get home (right off of Broadway). This would be approximately 31.4 miles of relatively easy driving.

Taking 93 N would be approximately 23.8 miles of hell from what I could tell.

I decided to take Rt. 138 N to Rt. 28 N. This takes you through gorgeous Milton, then into beautifully planned Mattapan, and finally into Roxbury. Roxbury is crowded, but if you live in Cambridge/Somerville/on Main St. in Medford, Roxbury is a joke. I noticed the drivers ARE less aggressive. If there was ever a case for the Green Line expansion, this is it. Lower health care (to the point of being preventative)due to dropped blood pressure. Go 2014!!!

My ride took me approximately 50 minutes due to quick heavy highway traffic. I got back onto 93 N in time for the tunnel and the Leveritt Connector Bridge, which was somehow still backed up. If 93 N wasn't such a mess, I estimate the trip would have taken 35 minutes (especially if I had turned back onto 93 N at Columbia Rd. instead farther north at the Andrews Square exit). Google still thinks that it would take 50 minutes, but I don't always believe a computer (gasp!). Total mileage is slightly above 21 miles.

Now, an explanation of today's title: As you can see from my map, 93 is apparently called the "Yankee Division Highway." Interesting. Wise men (known as Pink Floyd) tell us that "Together we stand, divided we fall." How true, and most definitely proven on this hellish highway. In this case, I do not agree with Friedrich Nietzsche: "That which does not kill me, makes me stronger." However, being a music teacher, I do agree that "life without music would be a mistake." Thanks Nietzsche!

PS. Loose end (found after original post):I am a math geek. The shape of 93 and 95 make a circle around Boston. I took the diameter today, instead of the Yankee Division Highway.