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[deleted] t1_j370ozk wrote

Almost everywhere I’ve been, with exception of the largest metros is like that.

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Excelius t1_j37dmf8 wrote

What they're really observing is where suburbia gives way to rural areas. In the bigger metros suburbia is just much bigger, so it might be a longer drive to get to "downtown", but that transition will always exist.

In LA you can drive an hour and basically never leave suburbia, but you'll still get to the juncture eventually. Go to the Los Angeles area in Google Maps and search for Tractor Supply Co and you'll see they start popping up in the "inland empire" at the edge of San Bernadino. Because that's roughly where suburbia starts to give way to farmland.

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Subliminal87 t1_j37ph7x wrote

Driving that area is honestly amazing. Sure the traffic sucks during the daytime depending on where you area. At night it’s not too terrible and everything is lit up.

But it’s so interesting to be up in the hills or the mountains and pop down into the city. I’d 10000% would pack my shit and move out there today if I could.

You can do so much out there. Literally everything is interesting to me out there. And options to go check out the scenery would always be available.

My quality of life would be an improvement just from that alone.

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Curious_Coconut_4005 t1_j37w0tp wrote

Way back in the day, my father was an Army recruiter based out of an office in Torrance. For some reason, his region included all of San Berdoo County. As many people who lived in that part of California, the Army just didn't think it was important to have more recruiting offices.

This was during 1979-1982. We lived on Beach BLVD at the time.

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