Westside culture

I was looking on one of my favourite sites - the wikipedia, and I came across an article on where I live. It's quite an interesting read.

"Many of the major educational, retail, cultural, and recreational attractions of Greater Los Angeles are located in the area, as is a large portion of the entertainment industry. Century City is the major business hub of the Westside, comprising many of the major companies and agencies making up what is known as the film industry today. In fact, more of Hollywood's deals get done on the Westside today than in the actual city of Hollywood itself. The Westside rivals downtown Los Angeles for the number of people commuting to it from other areas, particularly the San Fernando Valley to the north and the South Bay to the south."
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The Westside's traffic congestion is legendary. Although once served by the Pacific Electric Railroad's streetcars, it was the first region of Los Angeles to be developed largely around the automobile, and is notorious for its lack of significant public transportation"

Pretty cool, eh? Kinda explains how it takes over an hour for me to drive 5 miles home. Also interesting is a post on the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus, which I take on a regular basis:

"The City of Santa Monica runs its own bus line, the Big Blue Bus, which also serves much of the Westside and UCLA. It is generally considered to be one of the best run bus lines in California, as evidenced by the fact that it did not raise its regular fare above 25 cents until 2002. In contrast, most public bus lines in California were charging fares of a dollar or higher well before the year 2000.

A Big Blue Bus was featured prominently in the motion picture Speed."

Funny, I haven't seen anyone who looks like Sandra Bullock on the bus yet. More likely, they tend to be either homeless or retired.