In defense of the commuters, people who have worked in L.A. for any length of time., an Hour commute is just on the long side of normal, 40 minutes is average).
Like I said you buy your first home 15 minutes from work, 5 years later you’re driving an hour to get to your next gig, it’s fairly normal there (unless you want to buy another home every five years, some do).
I actually drive to Santa Ana airport (from north county), it’s a little further mile wise but the drive is much nicer than going down to San Diego airport.
L.A. is not a bad place to live actually (most won’t admit that) but most of my friends I grew up with moved out only to move back and plan to retire there.
(there are places I would not drive even during the daytime however)
