It’s driven thousands families into the ground too. The poor slobs who couldn’t afford to buy the outrageous prices on the coastal plains of CA had to go way inland just to afford a home.
The brutal commutes alone turned thousands to alcoholism, divorce, etc, and when they lost jobs, downsized etc, they simply detonated.
Trying to imagine commuting 60++ miles, bumper to bumper, one way to work. That’s a recipe for disaster.
Yup the 405 and the 91 made my resentment lists and the 101