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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (226386)	3/26/2005 6:34:32 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576865

Ted, thanks for all your thoughts. I'll respond to one of them because it's the only one I have an issue with, not because I think you're full of it (at least not this time <G>): Every freeway built in S. CA since the 1960s was at overcapacity within a year of opening. Building freeways is not a solution to the traffic mess in S. CA. I think the difference is between a 90 minute commute and a 75 minute commute. Either way people are going to be stuck in traffic jams, but that doesn't mean new freeways shouldn't be built where necessary. Yes, maybe in exurban areas like around Lancaster or Palmdale where the area is still building up. But to try to build a new freeway between, say between Anaheim and LA, would be a huge mistake IMO. The cost would be stratospheric and the freeway would be jammed the day it opened. Of course, the network of freeways is already pretty tight, so the only thing left to do is widen the bottlenecks. And there are plenty of obvious ones, more than what the budget allows over the next ten years. I don't know.....they've been widening bottlenecks for years. They were working on one........I-5.....through OC, esp around Irvine, when I left. When I came back for a visit, it was done....but so what? Things were still a mess. I expect a point will be reached when S. Cal gives up on cars. However, when that will happen, I can't hazard a guess. Fortunately mass transit is making headways. In the early 90s, when I first starting taking Amtrak between LA and Laguna Niguel or Carlsbad, there were two trains each way and you could roll a bowling bowl down the aisle. When I left, I think there were 10 trains each way....maybe more.......and it was standing room only. It was cool to see guys get on with their surfboards or boogie boards, and families with lawn chairs on their way to the beach. By the way, have you seen "The O.C." on Fox? No. I can't take Mischa Barton. I've only seen the first episode, but it was funny to see Newport Beach residents act so snooty around a guy from Chino. One, the O.C. isn't Beverly Hills. And two, Chino is the new hot spot for real estate, given the migration from Orange County to Riverside. A friend's parents lived in NB and I used to spend some XMAS's there. It was a Currier and Ives XMAS even though it was S. Cal. Trust me when I tell you, NBers think that God made Beverly Hills first, then Bel Air, and shortly thereafter, NB......in exactly that order. I am surprised they even bring Chino up in conversation. ted