Is this called "going brown?"
LA TImes business section profiles Cliff Moore. The Altadenan used to ride the bus for four hours every day to get to his job in Sun Valley and back. Now, in his own car, it takes 25 minutes.
Bus service is very Wonderland-like around here. When Altadenablog was young, lived in Arcadia and worked in the Wilshire District, a bus stopped in front of his apartment, took him to El Monte where he'd hop an express bus, and it dropped him in front of his office, 75 minutes total time, tops.
But, when we were older, lived in West Pasadena and worked downtown -- a considerably shorter distance -- it would've taken us 25 minutes just to hike to the bus stop. Spending an hour just on foot for the commute seemed like diminishing returns to us. Driving one way took 45 minutes to an hour total.
Something else for the mix ...
