IVIV (1) Surface Streets

Tore Rye Andersen torerye at hotmail.com
Mon Aug 24 15:47:04 CDT 2009


Keith:
 
> Yes, 'surface streets' is the common SoCal term for streets as 
> opposed to the freeway, in a metropolis where freeways are often 
> taken to get a short distance across town.
 
And the term reappears on p. 368, where this meaning seems quite clear:
 
"Doc figured if he missed the Gordita Beach exit he'd take the first one
whose sign he could read and work his way back on surface streets."
 
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