"New York, America's supposed mecca of culture and a truly international city, has airports whose decrepitness puts lesser cities to shame." Living in Los Ange

"New York, America's supposed mecca of culture and a truly international city, has airports whose decrepitness puts lesser cities to shame." Living in Los Angeles, I notice the same sort of thing about our freeways. I think part of it is that they were the among the first built, and they haven't really updated. Interchanges are a particular sore point. The 101 north to 405 south interchange is a joke. One lane, 270 degree turn. Traffic crawls through it. And it's literally at the busiest interchange in the world. Or the 110 north to the 5 north. It's like a theme park ride it's so narrow and curvy and hilly. Of course, the 134 east to the 5 north has no interchange ramp. You have to leave the freeways and get on surface streets to change over. There's a few of those around.