The LA experience
Monday, September 3rd, 2007 by AaronIt’s official.
I have passed the hardest test required to become a resident of California. There was no exam, no background check, no lengthy application— just an enormous amount of patience. I, like several hundred thousand other people, spent the weekend in Los Angeles.
By spent, I mean was I stuck in traffic with the several thousand others hoping that they wouldn’t cut me off or hit my car. They were going to beach or going to friends’ houses or going to the movies. I was going crazy. This is not something that happens in Vermont where I’m from.
I didn’t get to see much of LA. Well, not actually any of it other than Union Station and a less than five-star roadside motel. I did get to spend about seven, yes seven, hours in traffic— three on Saturday and four on Sunday. I spent another hour lost somewhere in Manhattan Beach.
I finally made it out of the city and out of my car and back to Barstow where traffic never gets that bad. I didn’t see a lot of LA, but I got the LA experience.
Jason Smith, Staff Writer
