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This article by Eric Morris in today’s Freakonomics blog addresses some common myths and assumptions about Los Angeles that I often see brought up by writers who say they could never live here: Exactly one of the following statements about transportation in Los Angeles is ...
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Los Angeles - grime and traffic
visual poetry — In response to a post on John August's blog where he discusses the following quote: Can you figure out which of the following is accurate? Los Angeles’s air is choked with smog. Los Angeles has developed in a low-density, sprawling pattern. Angelenos spend more time stuck in traffic than any other drivers in the nation. Thanks to the great distances between far-flung destinations, and perhaps to Angelenos’ famed “love affair” with the car, Angelenos drive considerably more miles than most Americans. Los Angeles is dominated ...

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