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by mannyv 486 days ago
In the New York City area time is the measure of distance. I think that's the same in every large Metro area.
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In LA, you can go during non rush hour on what should be a 5 minute skip across an “easy” onramp/offramp, and get stuck in 2 hour traffic jam (probably an accident but who knows could just be all 3 major sports having massive games at the exact same time and you’re not a sports fan so you didnt expect carmageddon) to go 3 miles, and make it the same way back in five minutes. There is no such linear relationship. It’s kind of like predicting the weather, depending on what part you live in.
Hilariously, LA doesn't look that distorted because it's uniformly molasses.