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54. Metrolink does not serve the densely populated coastal communities.

Coastal Orange County were I live is not served by Metrolink. If you look at that Metrolink line map on your link, all the OC lines are far inland (the map is not to scale, as it says on the map), and does not drop down to the coast--where the densest population lives--until you get to San Juan Capistrano in southern Orange County, right where it starts to get rural. (Here is a "to scale" map: http://metrolinktrains.com/routes/ ) That is the exact opposite of how the old Red Car lines were. The nearest light rail stop to me where I live in Orange County is in Long Beach, but that is 20 minutes away. I would have to drive up to Long Beach (and a high crime part at that), park my car there (and hope it and all its parts are there when I get back), and take the 45-60 minute ride on the Metro MTA "Blue Line" to downtown. My roundtrip would still be 3 hours, and I would still have to drive and pay the rather high Metro fare to boot.

They are trying to expand the Metrolink lines, but it is massively expensive at this point, requiring eminent domain proceedings and huge tunneling projects costing billions. This is particularly true for the densely populated coastal communities, with their astronomical property values. Which is why there are no lines along LA's coastal communites, nor where it is REALLY needed, like along the path of the 405 Freeway in Los Longeles and Orange Counties--where most of the people are. The few Metrolink lines we have don't even go all the way to LAX nor anywhere near Orange County Airport. It is so stupid.