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I am a Brit who now lives in the Bay Area (~400 miles, 5 hours drive north of LA). What really chews your soul is sitting in stop and go traffic. Journeys wit
by rogerbinns 11y ago
I am a Brit who now lives in the Bay Area (~400 miles, 5 hours drive north of LA). What really chews your soul is sitting in stop and go traffic. Journeys with lots of motion seem to pass by quicker as you are actually doing something and the scenery, cars etc around you are constantly changing.
But when you are driving in that stop go traffic that feels comparable to walking speed, with the same cars around you, and no particular visible progress, the brain really hates it.
These highways are in what you would consider urban areas, but there are walls on either side to alleviate the noise for residents. Consequently there isn't that much to see along stretches other than stop and go cars going into the distance.
- crimsonalucard 11y agoI was born in the bay, I now live in LA. What you experience for traffic in the bay is heaven compared to LA
- rogerbinns 11y agoIndeed. I saw a report somewhere claiming that Bay Area traffic lags LA by about 20 years, but don't have the experience to judge that. I was shocked on one trip to LA driving at 1am, in a two lane wide car pool lane, and experiencing traffic almost as dense as rush in the Bay Area! Then again the non-highway streets seem to have a traffic light system geared to no movement. It is beyond annoying sitting at lights where nobody is moving.
- clay_to_n 11y agoI can't stand those high walls around the freeway South of San Francisco. Absolutely soul-draining and claustrophobic.