[sgerenser]

Not to mention in almost every part of the U.S. kids can either walk (if close enough) or take a bus. The “having to go to two different schools” issue never once crossed my mind as we were deciding whether and how many kids we wanted.

[angmarsbane]

It blew my mind when I learned that other states have free school buses. In SoCal you have to pay for the bus so everyone drives their kids to school which adds more traffic to already congested roads.

[nerdbert]

How expensive is this bus, that it's actually worth people's time to drive them in a car instead?

[kristjansson]

Wow, I’ve lived here for years (without kids) without knowing that. That’s LAUSD, or other parts of socal?

[angmarsbane]

I grew up in Ventura county so outside of LAUSD. Other Californians will have to chime in about Riverside, Orange County etc.