why.

[duchess_of_pie]

dear los angeles:

i was just beginning to like you. now that it's the season where the air is clearer and there's snow on the mountains, i realize i like living where there's some topigraphical variety. and spending an evening in silverlake has allowed me to look forward to moving there someday; gabe and i agree that we've finally found a neighborhood we can both afford and enjoy living in.

there are many things i like about you now, L.A.

but you blew it today.

1 1/2 hours to go 6 miles? are you kidding me? the usual 45 minutes is bad enough. how do you expect me to have a life outside of my shitty job with commute times like that? just because some construction workers blocked off a lane for ONE BLOCK down in centruy city, there was gridlock 5 miles back? that's just not right. it makes me late for work on a day i can't stay late and that makes me lose money and that makes me like you a little less, L.A. you're like a foster parent that had a bad morning and now you've just set us back a month on the "getting comfortable with each other" trail.

*pouts*

i hate you, L.A.

just today, though. we'll try again another day.

Comments

[carinbrat.livejournal.com]

Boo to LA, says I.

[duchess-of-pie.livejournal.com]

yeah, bollocks to it.

no. wait. i do like SOME things about it.

so. bollocks to anyone who tells you it's the best city in the states. 'cause they're just trying to make themselves feel better for living in a crackerbox. boo to THOSE people.

[antrobus178.livejournal.com]

Bike to work, says I.

[duchess-of-pie.livejournal.com]

do you want me to DIE??? this city isn't really built for that.

[antrobus178.livejournal.com]

You can use Air Free Tires to avoid flat tires that would otherwise occur from riding over spent shell casings and hypodermic needles. Ride on sidewalks and through dimly lit back alleys, and you'll be there in no time!

[kitsunekami.livejournal.com]

I second the bike. It's only 6 miles.

Otherwise, aren't there websites with constantly updated traffic reports for LA? (Or is that just an iPhone widget?)

[duchess-of-pie.livejournal.com]

that would require a bike. and a surplus of extra cash to repair tires on a weekly basis. and a place to store said bike at my place of business. and streets that are bike friendly. and nerves of steel. none of which are available to me. all of this on top of the fact that i'm not strong enough to bike that far...really.

there are websites, but it's not much of a help. bus or car, it's still going to be the same bullshit because when one city street is congested here, they all are as others try to get around the stupidity. and i can't take the highway, because that actually goes WAY out of my way...thank you, rich hill dwellers, for taking up all the real estate that highways and trains could use to solve the city's traffic problems....

the only way checking the websites would be benificial is if i got up an hour early every day on the off chance that something like this would happen so i could catch the bus an hour earlier that particular day. but getting up an hour earlier means going to bed an hour earlier just means that this job would take that much more of my life away from me.

the reality of it is, LA wasn't built for this many people. it wasn't built to accomodate their cars or their public transportaion. it wasn't built for bikers or to compensate for detours due to ANY road work at ANY time. well, that's not fair-- i'm sure it was accomodating at one time. but it's not a vaginatown. it wasn't built to expand.

[kitsunekami.livejournal.com]

But, you know what? In Minnesota, you're expected to be on time for work, whether there's a foot of snow on the ground or not, which requires people to be up early to shovel out and drive slowly. I can't see that there's any real difference.

A great place to get a bike: the junk yard. Often all they need is a wash and a lube. Leave it out by the dumpster. If it gets stolen, c'est la vie: go grab a "new" one. New inner tubes are appx. $3.50 each at Target.

Jus' sayin'.