(While this picture wasn't taken in LA and it isn't me driving.... It is still my car and I took it!) Well… I’m not an Iowa any more—that’s for sure. When you come to visit or move to LA if the palm trees and sunshine aren’t enough to immediately tell you you’re in a new place then it’s only a matter of time before you find yourself stuck in traffic on the 101 freeway and the message reads loud and clear. Traffic here really does suck.