LAX Flyaway

Taking the bus from LA's Union Station and we instantly jam up in the freeway traffic. Why, at 7:30pm on a Wednesday, is there traffic? There just is. So our driver takes us on a detour - through the city, rolling down mainstreet, and I'm shocked to find that the place is empty - EMPTY! We saw a handful of cars parked, dudes walking down the sidewalk, but literally all the traffic, every single LA denizen or passerby, was trying to avert the city. What a sprawling, backwards place. America, this is what your city of cars has become.



















I look out when we we reach a bit of a vantage height and see thousands of sparkling lights - the city sprawl. Imagining myself living here, I quickly become discouraged. How is anyone supposed to walk anywhere here? So impersonal, to drive everywhere. Angry at you for cutting me off, pleased with myself for making that light. Talk about 2-dimensional.

This is what I like better about Southern California: Elfin Forest, near Morro Bay