The smart money in LA is to use Waze, not your memory and not even other map apps. You want an app that will send you down side streets and through backyards to shave off every second of your commute, otherwise, getting anywhere, even on a good day, takes at least 40 minutes and often much more. Anytime one has to get on the 405 or 101, they're basically doomed.
You know, different trip, and it was in the bay area. But, I was on the 101 North near San Jose and I went 9 miles in THREE hours. I swore to never complain about Chicago traffic ever again.
That checks out. My brother is a Silicon Valley dotcom guy and we make wide loops around San Jose whenever we're going anywhere in the region.
Back when I moved to Colorado, I once drove across Kansas for three weeks one Saturday.
Yep. I drive over the 405 from the valley to Santa Monica all the time. On Monday the traffic is the best, probably due to hangovers from the weekend. Takes me an hour. The rest of the time it's an hour and a half unless an accident slows things down.
I don't normally quote myself, but my memory was slightly off. Found the picture I took.I came home once to find a boxed delivery "cleverly" hidden under my front door mat. The door mat was about a foot off of the ground sitting on top of the box.
Spelling issues aside (and there are many of those), I would have put the more Earthlike places like Oz and the Wizarding World closer in and places with no connection to Earth, like "Super Mario Land" and Wonderland further out.
