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To: bentway who wrote (463847)	3/15/2009 1:19:13 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573042

"Los Angeles ranks 14th out of the 37 largest metro areas in terms of highway miles driven per resident per day." Anyone who's driven LA freeways knows why this is - you can get stuck on one for HOURS! All it takes is one wreck so far ahead of you in the gridlock, you'll never even see it. Which is why when I wanted to go to Silicon Valley or San Francisco when I lived in Oceanside, I'd drive the extra 150 miles AROUND LA through the mountains to save time. A buddies method was to hit LA about 1 AM, so as to avoid traffic. When I got here, people were talking about how bad freeway traffic is here; that Seattle was ranked 9th or 10th in the nation. All I have to say there is a huge, huge difference from first place [LA] to 9 or 10.......and with LA, you have to contend with the worst surface street traffic as well.