Can the Bay Area Kick the Sprawl Habit?

Re:Can the Bay Area Kick the Sprawl Habit? by squiguy7 on Friday April 28, 2017 @05:16PM (#14223118)

At least you have public transit like rail or BART. There is nothing like that down in LA and OC. My commute is only 11 miles one way and it takes me 45 minutes to 1 hour thanks to the traffic. The trains here have enough stops that it would be just as long as if I had driven.

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Re:Can the Bay Area Kick the Sprawl Habit? by CalRobert on Saturday April 29, 2017 @08:12AM (#14226206)

Maybe change jobs, or homes. Make employers know that you won't put up with subsidizing their cheap land with your gas and time (the latter is also known as "life"). Make builders know that we don't all want to live a zillion miles away from everything.

My LA commute was 12 miles one way (SM to El Segundo) and a pretty nice 50 minute bike ride. But it was nearly all along the beach, and even then I nearly got killed multiple times.

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Re:Can the Bay Area Kick the Sprawl Habit? by ng12 on Friday April 28, 2017 @05:31PM (#14223215)

"Better than LA" is an incredibly low bar though.

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Re:Can the Bay Area Kick the Sprawl Habit? by acchow on Friday April 28, 2017 @05:53PM (#14223408)

Do you ride a bicycle? Tho I guess it would be too hot in LA for that most days.

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Re:Can the Bay Area Kick the Sprawl Habit? by squiguy7 on Friday April 28, 2017 @06:02PM (#14223487)

I used to ride one to my old job, yes. There aren't many accessible paths to the new one though. It was nice to get outside and be able to have that though.

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