It is so awesome to drive down one of the avenues in NYC and have all the lights turn green for you as you approach.  So much different than Boston where you expect each light to turn red as you approach.  This has to have a HUGE effect on the way people drive in these two cities.  In Boston, you’re always worried about getting stuck at a series of red lights and you cut people off and race through yellow lights to avoid it.  In NYC, all the lights turn green as you approach so you speed towards them, never stopping for pedestrians.  I would imagine that driving a lot in these two cities would affect your personality as well.  Lights turning green for you would make you much happier than lights turning red for you.