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Because SF is more important than LA, in terms of wealth generation.

by iFire 15y ago

iFire 15y ago
If SF is the center of the technology universe, it would make sense to make LA the place where you live and SF where you work. This is why the Japanese commute to Tokyo by trains from the suburbs.
- prodigal_erik 15y ago
  380 miles is a hell of a commute. That's going to take two hours each way (plus travel to/from stations), unless we manage to build a maglev or something. I do expect large-scale airlines to be infeasible to fuel someday, but by then I don't think we'll be able to operate this either. I just don't see the use case. Edit: They're actually figuring 2.5 hours and 430 miles, due to an excursion through Freno and Bakersfield: http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/trip_planner.aspx http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/trip_planner.aspx
  - waterlesscloud 15y ago
    It's also going through Lancaster, I guess because Tehachapi Pass is easier to navigate than the Grapevine, which is probably true. But it does add some miles.
_dps 15y ago
According to http://esa.un.org/wup2009/unup/index.asp?panel=2 http://esa.un.org/wup2009/unup/index.asp?panel=2 (cited at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_GDP#America.2C_North http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_GDP#America.2...), Los Angeles is behind only New York in GDP, and San Francisco isn't even in the top five. Sure, you can throw in Santa Clara and maybe get something close but I haven't done those calculations. Los Angeles has essentially all the entertainment industry west of the Mississipi, the tech industry that supports it, the logistics/distribution businesses based out of Long Beach, the "cradle of aerospace" businesses like Raytheon and Boeing, and of course a huge diverse population doing lots of diverse things.
- iFire 15y ago
  How far would the commute be from LA to SF to Cupertino? If there's a local transit network, I would include Apple's revenues. OED: 1. they commute on a stuffy overcrowded train: travel to and from work, travel to and fro, travel back and forth, come and go, shuttle. Travelling home during the weekends and then back on weekdays continuously would be commuting.

Because SF is more important than LA, in terms of wealth generation.

by iFire 15y ago

Because SF is more important than LA, in terms of wealth generation.

iFire 15y ago

If SF is the center of the technology universe, it would make sense to make LA the place where you live and SF where you work. This is why the Japanese commute to Tokyo by trains from the suburbs.

prodigal_erik 15y ago
380 miles is a hell of a commute. That's going to take two hours each way (plus travel to/from stations), unless we manage to build a maglev or something. I do expect large-scale airlines to be infeasible to fuel someday, but by then I don't think we'll be able to operate this either. I just don't see the use case. Edit: They're actually figuring 2.5 hours and 430 miles, due to an excursion through Freno and Bakersfield: http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/trip_planner.aspx http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/trip_planner.aspx
- waterlesscloud 15y ago
  It's also going through Lancaster, I guess because Tehachapi Pass is easier to navigate than the Grapevine, which is probably true. But it does add some miles.

_dps 15y ago

According to http://esa.un.org/wup2009/unup/index.asp?panel=2 http://esa.un.org/wup2009/unup/index.asp?panel=2 (cited at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_GDP#America.2C_North http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_GDP#America.2...), Los Angeles is behind only New York in GDP, and San Francisco isn't even in the top five. Sure, you can throw in Santa Clara and maybe get something close but I haven't done those calculations. Los Angeles has essentially all the entertainment industry west of the Mississipi, the tech industry that supports it, the logistics/distribution businesses based out of Long Beach, the "cradle of aerospace" businesses like Raytheon and Boeing, and of course a huge diverse population doing lots of diverse things.

iFire 15y ago
How far would the commute be from LA to SF to Cupertino? If there's a local transit network, I would include Apple's revenues. OED: 1. they commute on a stuffy overcrowded train: travel to and from work, travel to and fro, travel back and forth, come and go, shuttle. Travelling home during the weekends and then back on weekdays continuously would be commuting.