Re: Relocating - need advice

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:58:19 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:12:05 -0400, the renowned Keith Williams
><krw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>In article <4d916d5dfatonyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>tonyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>>> In article <f1gge1tboecr38opf4r3785i4a4hi0d6pq@xxxxxxx>,
>>> Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> > It's > 100 miles, and there's bound to be traffic somewhere.
>>
>>Hmm, Mapmaker says 88mi from SanDiego to the Orange Co. Airport. I
>>thought Palm springs (SAN to PS = 134Mi) was further east than it is.
>
>Rand McNally (.com) says 102 miles and 1 hour 40 minutes from G*y's
>stated address in Buena Park (as was on his erstwhile website) to
>Front and Broadway in SD (1 mile off I-5 at Front). I used to live
>really close (maybe 10 minutes, practically nextdoor neighbors) to the
>starting point, and an hour and a quarter to half from G*y's address
>(in the middle of the day or evening) would be my guess.
>
>>From Google Earth and my giant Thomas Guide, it looks like the
>structure at that address backs onto a noise barrier with a freeway
>off-ramp right behind that (from the westbound Artesia Fwy 91 to
>Valley View St.). Hmmm... it's got some rather nasty Feng Shui with
>the orientation re Oriole.
>
>>> In the UK these days if I can average 40mph over a
>>> 100 mile journey it's a brilliant one. On mixed
>>> roads it will be more like 33mph overall... slower
>>> now than 20 years ago.
>>
>>If I can't average at least 60mph I'm PO'd. My family lives 1100miles
>>from here and I'd grow old driving the trip averaging only 40mph. I'm
>>glad the days of the double-nickel are long gone.
>
>Lots of people around here drive 130-140 (80mph+) when possible, but
>traffic conditions are so congested (and there are so many
>construction delays) these days it's hard to average really high
>speeds except with luck and at off hours (or out of the 3E6-5E6 metro
>area). Twenty years ago, rush hours in Toronto were more predictable--
>now jams seem to happen at all hours. LA has been like that for
>decades. I guess gas isn't really that expensive (yet).
>
>

I average under 25 mph commuting to work... it takes me almost 10
minutes.

John


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