What advice would you give-

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

And the 110, which, variously is the Harbor Freeway or the Pasadena Freeway.

North of the 101 it is the Pasadena. South of the 101 it is the Harbor. The Pasadena Freeway is considered the first 'Freeway' in the United States.

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Still no name for the 605?

Actually, it is called the San Gabriel River Freeway.
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What I believe has to be the shortest, or one of the shortest freeways in the world, the 90 Freeway is called the Marina Freeway. For those who aren't familiar with it, this is the freeway that intersects the 405 in Inglewood/Marina del Rey. Not counting the ends, there is just the intersection with the 405 and I believe one street worth of on and off ramps.

[Alex]

Since every interstate in the Bay Area except one ends in 80 I've long wondered by time has eroded the references down to just being the first number.

[innerSpaceman]

I hate the signs peppered throughout the Valley that direct you to the 101 North or South, which must confuse the heck out of less saavy people who know good and well they are traveling east or west.


The 605 has a name. It's just that name usage by the populace disappeared by the time that freeway got popular. It's the San Gabriel River Freeway.

Likewise, the newest SoCal freeway, the 105, is the Century Freeway. No one calls it that, or even knows its name.


Use of the names like "Santa Ana Freeway," "Ventura Freeway" are vestigal of another time, and will likely disappear within a generation.

Though, of course, "Ventura Freeway" has longevity via a song name. And the "San Diego Freeway" has longevity through infamousness. (Though I believe the term "The 405" is more often uttered with more dripping menace and dread.)




ETA: Kevy beat me to it on the name for the 605.

[Morrigoon]

Yeah, it's really hard to tell you where to live if we don't know where you'll be working. It's not an area where you can just resolve to "drive across town" to work - unless you like 3-hour commutes, of course

I have to second the vote of confidence for Redlands. I wouldn't live out there without a job in that direction, but if it was convenient, it's freaking cute with all the Victorian homes, etc. The 909 IS less expensive, but unless it's a convenient commute, it can be really far. And some areas of it... meh.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

I have to second the vote of confidence for Redlands. I wouldn't live out there without a job in that direction, but if it was convenient, it's freaking cute with all the Victorian homes, etc. The 909 IS less expensive, but unless it's a convenient commute, it can be really far. And some areas of it... meh.

Redlands is a nice place, but it is miserably hot in the summer.

[innerSpaceman]

No, that's the one.

The one I haven't been able to stop singing in my head since I posted it. Bah.





(And yes, it's called "Ventura Highway" which ironically immortalizes the Ventura Freeway. Where they ever called highways here in California? Back east, they're called highways. Always by name (at least back in my day). Never even knew any of the route numbers.)

[Alex]

Where I grew up the linguistic difference between freeways and highways was pretty strong:

Freeways are non-stop. You have on ramps and off ramps. Highways were major roads that still have the occasional stoplight. So a single road (such as 101) might alternate between being a freeway and a highway.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Darn you people, with your earworms.

It really does matter where you work vs. where you live. For instance: I live in Hollywood, I work in West L.A. on the edge of Santa Monica. This is about 18 miles. This takes, on a good day, about 45 minutes. This takes, on a standard trafficky day, about 70 minutes. This takes, on the day before Thanksgiving, about 2.5 hours.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

It really does matter where you work vs. where you live. For instance: I live in Hollywood, I work in West L.A. on the edge of Santa Monica. This is about 18 miles. This takes, on a good day, about 45 minutes. This takes, on a standard trafficky day, about 70 minutes. This takes, on the day before Thanksgiving, about 2.5 hours.

My house to Honda Center (by Disneyland) (15 miles) at 5:30pm is an hour
Honda Center to home at 10pm is 20 minutes.

When I lived in Huntington Beach and worked by John Wayne Airport (about 13 miles) it took me 30-40 minutes to get to work, and an hour to get home.

After I moved south to Laguna (about 17 miles) it took me 20-30 minutes to get to work and 30 minutes to get home.

[Kevy Baby]

Earworms?