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I could hardly dive into this topic without immediately citing the storied heavy traffic of my hometown of 16 years, Los Angeles, California.
Crosstown trips continue to take longer and interminably longer with each passing year.
And in the arena of the streets of LA, a great many motorists reveal themselves to be lacking in moral fiber.
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Extending across a city or town.
Connecting different areas of a city or town without passing through downtown.
“1968 Simon and Garfunkel - "At the Zoo" on "Bookends" But you can take the crosstown bus / If it's raining or it's cold, / And the animals will love it / If you do.”
To the other side of a city or town.
“In 1979, what was to become PBG started as a rap group for Blacks that met regularly at the Gay Community Center, then housed in a modest building just off the artsy-craftsy South Street. […] The white man who ran the center gave the Black group increasingly smaller rooms in which to meet. […] When they gave the group a broom closet, the Blacks moved crosstown to the Friends Center; and PBG, Inc. was born.”
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