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By Mrs. Snoop
So we’re in the LA area for a week and we are more sure then ever that we could NEVER live here. The weather is usually very nice (after the morning fog is gone, around 9-10 AM). There are lots of things to see and places to go. And that’s about the end of the list of nice things here (other than some relatives of mine – nice people being slowly driven nuts by living out here). Everything else would drive me NUTS in short order (Well, more nuts).
How anyone living here is not a homicidal maniac is beyond me. I now understand why most California’s are touched in the head. In order to see any of that great sites or get to anywhere, one must prepare for battle.
In the first place, the roads here do not run on a grid or anything like a grid. It is quite common for a road (residential to freeway) to run both north/south and east/west. And to change names abruptly. So good luck getting around if you don’t already know the area by heart. Just take it from me; you WILL get lost if you aren’t 100% sure of how to get where you are going (Even with a map). There is nothing intuitive or simple about finding your way from A to B. So if you try to get off a freeway that has not been moving any faster then your average turtle, thinking you can find your way on surface roads, good friggen luck.
Secondly, there’s the traffic. Even at 10 PM at night (or later) it’s heavy. There are far more drivers here then in Kansas (by about 10,000). I have seen fewer cars on 635 or I-35 at rush hour then we have seen on a typical LA residential street at 9 PM. So be prepared to take 2 hours for what, in Kansas, would be a simple 10-15 minute jaunt.
And finally, there is the WAY people here drive; like they are one moment away from shooting at all the drivers in all the other cars. They must all have back aches and migraines, all of the time. I think they should just mount machine guns on each car and get it over with. When I act nicely and try to let another driver get in front of me (yes, Snoop can be kind), they act like it’s a trick where I intend to ram them from behind to collect insurance! SO when I get back to Kansas watch out – LA driving is turning me into a Nascar driver!
Bottom line, if you want to drive in and around the LA area, (1) be prepared to be lost several times; (2) be prepared to take several hours more then is normal and (3) drive like you are late to be given a million dollars and everyone on the road is trying to get there before you!
You can have your beautiful sights and interesting features. The smog, rude unhappy residents, lack of civility, and crazy traffic problems keep the average resident from enjoying them anyway! No wonder I see so many more luxury cars here; people are living in them!
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June 20th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
I had to laugh at your LA traffic comments. Our family drove past LA to Universal Studios a few months back. Traffic was horrendous. The graffiti was great if you like spray paint on nearly every wall.