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Originally Posted by Banning
As if 2020 wasn't bad enough for us all, something else has happened in late December.
Speedbumps are being installed on Mulholland Drive now.
This is a recent photo of Mulholland Drive just West of Coldwater Canyon in the Straightaway we call European Straight.
You can see the second Speedbump about 100 yards further down the Straight.
What is this World coming to? |
Well, that sucks but it's time to move on. This isn't the 80's or 90's. Yeah, I was street racing in the 70's but one could leave Long Beach at 9 pm and drive up the 710 to the 5 to 101 and be on Sunset Blvd in 30 minutes. All this while seeing maybe 30-40 cars in the thirty mile junket. That is until you got off on Sunset
I was shocked when I looked up L.A. County's population in 1970 — about 7 million. I didn't think it would be that high because there was room (or so it seemed). Now, it's 10 million but feels and looks like double that. No more space but 3 million more residents.
What's even more surprising is that the population level has remained stable since 2013. There is a lot more 24 hour activity than 50 years ago. The only time the freeways are relatively empty is 3 am. And even then there are a lot of taillights and headlights. It's not a ghost town after midnight as it once was. Even with the bars open to 2 am. Anyone was foolish to be in city traffic just after 2 am.
But now a drunk doesn't stand out as much because there are always 100 cars within sight. Make that a few million at 5 pm.
This is no longer the place the Beach Boys sang about.