[quote=The-Shoveler]Yep that particular area is really bad from Santa Monica to downtown and LAX, yep the 10 and 405, really really bad.
Most the rest is not nearly so bad.
Very few people actually work downtown, that’s mostly the city workers,
In L.A. most people work in the burbs,
So you end up driving from say Simi Valley to Agoura hills, or from westlake to Valencia, and visa versa
Maybe Pasadena to Encino, these are the typical commutes that people end up with when they first started out 15 minutes away,[/quote]
Agree with this. We’re native Angelinos and most of the people we know up there don’t commute on the freeways — maybe 20-30% of our friends/relatives commute by freeway. In LA, you tend to live and work in a 5-10 mile radius from home, and many, many people stay within 5 miles from home. Things are laid out in a nice grid pattern, so there are multiple ways to get around, too, unlike here in SD…and the traffic lights function a lot better in LA. Additionally, the locals know all the “secret” ways to get from one place to another, as The-Shoveler pointed out, so it’s not nearly as bad as it looks from the freeways when passing through or spending time as a tourist.
