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Originally Posted by Quixote
^ That’s a classic case of a scenario working in theory but not practice. Most people don’t choose to live (within a city/metro) where they do because of their employment. More jobs in the IE means more traffic and unconventional commute patterns that can only be done by car.
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This depends. The organization I work at opened up an office in the IE, so now the handful of employees that used to travel all the way to DTLA don't go west of the 15 freeway. That's at 3 vehicles not crowding LA County
. Could reverse commuting become worse since many would rather live on the trendy LA side rather than the IE? Maybe a little, but I think you'd mostly see parts of the IE become more "cool" (some already are like Riverside). People will just stay in their local area and come to LA on occasion. Similar to what a lot of Orange County is like now. There is a commuter rail line that goes from the IE to OC (missing Los Angeles County entirely) and it's as packed as the commuter trains heading into DTLA.