If I had my choice between the golden hills of California, above, and the verdant hills closer to the coast, below, I’d pick the green. Even though the golden hills are briefly green right after our winter rains, they brown up during our very dry summers. Their own special beauty has grown on me over the years, but still, if I had to choose, I’d choose our vivid coastal green.
Here’s something I wouldn’t choose: the horrible, dry, dusty inland of California.
The mountains and land approaching the Grapevine, between
It’s hot. So hot. And a very long, boring drive on I-5 between the Bay area and Los Angeles. How nice it would be to whiz through those dessicated badlands.
And then there’s the hell of LA-area traffic, once you approach the city.
Thank you, oil and tire lobbyists for ensuring that we enter the 21st century
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The few times I was in LA was horrified by the traffic; could not drive on those freeways,
You’re right ; it is a deal breaker.
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Yeah, it is irksome that our roads in the major cities of CA are often more third world than they are in a truly 3rd world country. They are riddled with holes and bumps. Sometimes, we’ll be in a remote area of CA, and the roads are brand new. I don’t get it.
Yeah, go figure. Just don’t get it.
A good, integrated mass transit system is so overdue. When the country could afford it, we couldn’t get traction for one and now that we’re in a financial mess, it’s not affordable. Sigh.