Sheeeeit, I live up in the valley, the closest thing to a coffeeshop or boutique would be a CVS. It just sucks getting stuck in traffic on a freeway or going from freeway to freeway or dealing with tons of lights and traffic on the sidestreets. And pedestrians...they stink when you're not one of them. Left turns are ok, but I've defenitely pulled some sketchy u-turns.