On a recent road trip I stopped at a rest area for a break. Looking over the map with the nice lady attendant, I asked her the best way to get to such and such a town. She pointed to the interstate and informed me that was the most direct route, the one most people took. My finger traced an alternate squiggly circuitous line and I asked about that way. You can go that way, she said, but the road is pretty rough and it’ll take you twice as long. Perfect, I thanked her, I’m on the scenic route anyway.