>However, Southern California is so spread out, no matter where you
>live it is almost inevitable that you will spend a substantial
>amount of time in your car stuck in traffic. Make sure the air
>conditioner works. SR
While Los Angeles always comes out on top when you read "most congested" studies, it's not that far ahead of San Francisco and the Bay Area, which don't hold nearly the same place in the public's imagination of traffic jammed metropolitan areas. When you break it down to peak commute hours, the two are even closer. Things are bad all over.