And then there&#x27;s the rest of L.A., which is a mess even without former train tracks.  The first thing you notice in L.A. is that none of the streets go anywhere.  You&#x27;re driving along, and you won&#x27;t go more than three blocks or so on any given street until... there&#x27;s a house or school in front of you.  It&#x27;s pathetic.<p>Then you have a city like Chicago, with a very sensible layout... but destroyed by NIMBY assholes and the aldermen who pander to them by ruining streets with &quot;speedbumps.&quot;