At 10 am Wednesday October 10, here are the Google Maps “in traffic estimates for various places to downtown LA:
Valencia : 51 Minutes by car
48 minutes, plus connections (drive/walk to/from station) by transit
Culver City : 21 minutes by car, 29 minutes plus connection (drive/walk to/from station) by light rail
Pasadena : 15 minutes by car[/quote]
Of course, Pasadena wins the “commute contest,” hands down! And it is “night and day” there from dtn LA and East LA/Vernon. It’s a really nice community to live in, most neighborhoods are extremely walkable and it is convenient to all yet segregated from the grit :=]
Remember that it is cheaper and more convenient to pay for A/C or a whole house fan ($15 mo in SD) for a few months than spend 2.5 – 4 hrs commuting every day and then possibly have to run A/C for just as long or longer in the “lizardland” community. This is especially true with the recent spike in gas prices.
