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Originally Posted by badrunner
In LA I can always tell someone's a tourist, not by the way they look or dress, but by the way they drive. It is SO obvious. Only locals will understand.
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And it's not just tourists, but people from the outer suburbs/exurbs.
I drive/walk through Pasadena often, and Pasadena is a regional draw for people from the exurbs (as well as a big employment center in SoCal). Walking through Old Town Pasadena can be dangerous, as many drivers will just look out for other cars, but not pedestrians, something it seems people from the outer suburbs do, because they're not used to dealing with pedestrians. I've gotten into some near misses while crossing the street on a "walk" signal, with drivers who just think they can gun it and make that turn as the light turns green, or drivers turning right on the red light, looking for oncoming cars to their left, but not pedestrians who might be crossing on their right. Pasadena also has a number of one-way streets, and I've seen quite a number of drivers turn the wrong way and even go half a block or even a full block before they realize they're going the wrong way.