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The end of the article is telling for me. It talks about surveys done in Los Angeles about how people feel when they moved there.

I was born in and learned how to drive in LA. After that, no matter where I drive is relaxing in comparison.

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Go to Egypt, or the mountain roads of Peru, or Brazzaville in the Congo :)

I've driven extensively in those and many, many more, and while the freeways in LA take some getting used to with a vehicle that won't hold 70mph, it's nothing like the freeways of Egypt where lane markings mean zero, or the mountain roads of Peru where buses come around hairpins on your side of the road.

Totally agree. I learned to drive in LA, then moved to Silicon Valley and could not stand driving there (a combination of bad drivers and bad traffic light, intersection, and expressway design). I moved back to LA and it's a relief, even though it's technically more challenging.

I'm from the east coast and my wife is from LA. She is anxious on the small, windy east coast roads where I grew up, where there are lots of blind corners and narrow lanes. I'm the opposite, I'm overwhelmed by the 8 lane LA freeways.

LA's 405 and 101 interchange is probably one of the worst I've had the misery of experiencing in North America on a repeat basis.

Gridlock in LA feels objectively more dangerous than being stuck in, say, NYC city traffic or Toronto's 401.

Yup, did that one all at the time. When it was really bad I tried to take Sepulveda or one of the canyon roads. They weren't any quicker, but were more fun!

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