California Drivin'

For anybody who still has the California Dream, an article in the June 4 issue of The Economist may prove discouraging. The article is titled "Traffic: America's great headache." In a sidebar, the article ranks the worst cities for annual delay per traveller during 2003. The very large winners: Los-Angeles-Long-Beach-Santa Ana; San Francisco-Oakland;  greater Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; and Houston. The merely large winners: Riverside-San Bernardino, Orlando, San Jose, San Diego, and Denver-Aurora. The hyphens say it all.

John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, would not have approved.