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and someone was talking about a commute from Long Beach not being bad ...
ourcommon
(Oct 28 06, 09:50)I believe I made that point. Certainly it depends on where you live and where you're commuting to. I happen to work downtown, and the commute from santa monica is about 45-60 mins, 90 on a bad day. whereas LB is usually around 20-30, or you can take the blue line for about $3 and get there in a half hour. So for me, LB is faster even tho its further.
- go_st0
i think it breaks down to this: if you're going to commute ANY distance in L.A. be prepared to have a real shitty commute for about two weeks while you get used to it and figure out the best times to leave, what freeways to take, etc.
Then, about week 3 or 4, it gets slightly better as you acclimate yourself to the drive. an automatic transmission is practically a godsend. Herb is also a godsend. but if you lack both, find a way to amuse yourself during traffic, because it becomes mute to get pissed at it.
- whippits0
if I move back to LA, I would live in either Echo Park/Silver Lake, North Venice or Sant Monica/Westwood. It would all depend on where I worked though.
Living in LB and having to drive to, say, Santa Monica everyday to work would be a particularly excruciating version of hell.
three numbers for you: 405
that's the freeway where, after a year or so of two-hour, gridlock commutes each way, you end up shooting the unassuming surfer who accidently bumped you from behind and made you spill coffee on your fake tits.
I guess you could always get acclimated to driving to work at 4AM and driving home at 11PM
The moral is: live where you work.
It wouldn't hurt either to start looking for designated drivers, as we speak.
- niconico0
koreatown!
cheap liquor, amazing korean bbq 24 hours a day, centrally located...
and very reasonable rents...
- Decoller0
Wowie, thank you guys for the info, those apts look good as hell, but my money sock is not so full, not yet that is!
- Redscaper0
I didn't read through all the responses, but Long Beach can be a little rough. I suggest you look into Huntington Beach. Relatively inexpensive for a beach city, more laid back, and you can there are easy side streets to LB to avoid the freeways. Also, HB is situated at the junction of two major freeways (22 and 405); quite convenient.
- Redscaper0
ah, I just checked and you were only staying in LB for one month; I thought you were going to work there. If you're going to work in LA, move to LA. All of CA is expensive and the few extra bucks you spend on an apartment in the city are worth avoiding the commute.