I'm not sure I understand your difference between "impractical" and "inconvenient." Yes, I COULD take a bus, but the ~3 hours I would lose from y day would result in a significant negative impact to my life, reducing the amount of time I have to accomplish anything outside of work and putting undue strain on personal relationships. That is BOTH impractical and inconvenient.

"Impractical" does not mean "impossible". It means that it offers an unworkable solution. Cutting my out-of-work free time in half is not a workable solution.

If you place unrealistic limitations (45 minutes from Irvine to the Pond in the afternoon) on your travel itinerary, then you will probably never be able to use mass transit. But this falls under the "inconvenient" category. That you want to be home by a certain time is absolutely a convenience issue.

And I must have your address incorrect as I am unable to locate it on Google Maps. (I have your street name as the name of a bird and three digits in the number).

I was open to taking the metro, but the times it runs is not feasible (get there late, leave early) if at all (I believe the last train south was before the game would even remotely end).

Do you have the 2nd word? If so, add an S to the end.

This stemmed from "take the bus, leave your car at home" thrown out there as the "DUH" solution. When I was doing this research, the closest bus stop to my home was several miles away. Then it was close to a 2.5 hour bus ride to my office, longer to the Honda Center.

What I (and I think GD) am trying to convey, is that "take the bus" that OCAdventure is presenting as the DUH solution is anything but. If it was practical, even with a mild inconvenience it would probably be done.

See, this is what ends up ticking me off in these conversations. Out of one side of your mouth you say, "Well, it's not MEANT for everybody, cut it some slack," but when someone tries to explain, "Well, then, I'm among those it's not meant for," then comes the accusation that you're just being stubborn for the sake of "convenience".

I want to add, that what you say are "unrealistic limitations" is what actual life allows. If I am taking the bus to save money, I'm certainly not going to spend $10+ 3 times a week on food. I'm going to eat dinner beforehand, like I do now. Also, can't very well ask my boss to leave early so I can catch the bus to the games. Leaving early is reserved for important games that start at 5pm. ;)

For Sunday games, real life dictates that I leave an hour before the game, I'm usually doing homework (which requires an internet connection) up until I leave.

The message that I was responding to WAS an unrealistic expectation - one is in definite danger of not even being able to DRIVE that segment (45 minutes from Irvine to Anaheim during the peak of afternoon drive time).

To make the complaint that mass transit "will never meet my needs because it can't match my car drive time" is an unreasonable expectation. THAT is what I was reading.

I get both sides of the public transportation. As a teen, I used to get around that way. Took an hour just to get downtown {in a car, just about ten minutes} then another 1/2 hour + to get anywhere else.

My sister had no car for years and had to spend hours every day to get to work. This includes going through parts of town where it was pretty dangerous. Once the bus was shot at {that I remember} and the bus driver ran and left the passengers on it!! She had to keep riding, though, to get to work. She read a lot of books. :D

So, I see both sides. Really needing to use it, however you can. But, the inconvenience of the times can sometimes be something you can't get over. I know it wouldn't work for me to get to work and also get my son to school.

I read somewhere that the bus routes to the more suburb areas are being cut down as they feel that it is more cost effective in the busier bustling areas? That sucks because not everyone who lives out here has a car, like the college student or teen. We have to walk quite a way to get to the bus stop and it isn't very frequent.

That $3 pass day pass. I was told it was $3 if we bought it from the front desk but more if we bought it from the machine. I thought it was a good deal but the Hubster didn't want to wait for it. In the end, the cost we were going to pay we put towards a parking pass so it worked out.

If I add an "s" to the second word, I do find you. But ironically, it then says you live at the singular version of the second word (no "s") AND it removes the first two vowels of that second word.

Google is funny!

Those are my needs, which I added in a separate reply. That drive is doable in 45 minutes, I did it all last season. I also hope that you aren't suggesting I walk/bike ride home at 10:30 or 11 at night (which is when I presume a bus would get me back to Irvine). It may be Irvine but it's still not a smart idea safety wise.

It's quite obvious that the OCTA cannot meet my needs. That's ok. Again, I'll restate that "take the bus" is not the DUH answer that was implied earlier in this thread and that is what I am trying to explain. It's not a matter of convenience. It's reality. I'd also like to know where the prompter of this debate disappeared to - he didn't answer my questions either.

Ya, odd. When I turned on utilities I had to use the shorthand version of the 2nd word or they couldn't find the address. It's still to new.