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Support for LAist comes fromWe Explain L.A.Stay ConnectedLAist is part of Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), a member-supported public media network. Hear our news on-air at our partner site:Our top stories delivered weeknightsShare ThisThis is an archival story that predates current editorial management.This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click.Stories like these are only possible with your help!You have the power to keep local news strong for the coming months. Your financial support today keeps our reporters ready to meet the needs of our city. Thank you for investing in your community.Sign up for How To LA, delivered weekday mornings.Our news is free on LAist. To make sure you get our coverage: . To support our non-profit public service journalism: Donate Now.It's been a rough week. It's been a rough year. If you're like us, you need a palate cleanser. So we're taking a moment celebrate our favorite streets in Southern California -- the more obscure the better. But we're not picky. Your favorite street could actually be a road, boulevard, lane, cul-de-sac or highway. (Any takers for , which is technically a scenic byway, in the San Bernardino National Forest?) We're using "street" in the broadest possible sense for this crowdsourced experiment.Support for LAist comes fromTELL US YOUR FAVORITE STREET TO DRIVE &gt;&gt;We asked people to call our public affairs show, , which airs on 89.3 KPCC FM, and share their selections with host Larry Mantle. Here's what they told us.LOCKWOOD VALLEY DRIVE [between Ojai and the Grapevine, a long road in the mountains north of Fillmore in the Ventura area] Andrew in Glendale said:"It's really nice rocks and geography. Lots of mountains, Alpine trees, peaked houses, things like that. Especially in the winter it's really gorgeous with all the snow."PCH BETWEEN SEAL BEACH &amp; HUNTINGTON BEACHChelsea in East Los Angeles chose it in part because of its early L.A. feel:"You get to see the wetland, you get to see the beach on the other side and for me, it reminds me of, uh, driving to my first job when I first got my driver's license."Support for LAist comes fromARROYO PARKWAYDavid in Pasadena:"Looking across the Rose Bowl, you get the silhouette at sunset of the mountains with the backlighting. You get the alpine glow on the San Gabriel [mountains]. There's just something magical about looking across the Arroyo at the lights on the other side of the of the canyon."134 FREEWAY Not too far away, you might try the 134 Freeway above the Eagle Rock/Glendale area with its spectacular views toward downtown L.A. Mantle says on a clear day, you can see the reflection of the sun across the Pacific Ocean, sometimes all the way to Palos Verdes.Other people chose more urban streets such as Pico Boulevard in the Pico/Fairfax area and Talmadge Street in Los Feliz.HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD Gavin in Long Beach said:"I used to live right on the end of Palos Verdes in a tiny apartment, and I'd to tell people to take Hawthorne all the way from downtown until it dead ends. It's a long city drive but you see pretty much the full spectrum of L.A. all the way to the tip of the peninsula, and the coastal view there is just gorgeous."He also mentioned , which runs around the edge of the peninsula:"You drive through from the from the north side and as you go further south, you hit the Porcupine Landslide and the road gets really crazy and up-and-down, [it] just undulate through the hills. It changes because of the landslide, so there's construction moving the water pipes. You see Catalina on a clear day. It's just really pretty."US 95One listener chose US 95 heading north from in eastern Riverside County "to oblivion." It's curvy and bouncy. I drive it in a Jeep, but dream of driving it in a Porsche.MULHOLLAND DRIVERobert in San Pedro:"I used to drive home to Thousand Oaks. I'd drive that highway as far north as I could. I think it's just gorgeous. I feel like I'm at the top of the world and seeing the Channel Islands and the container ships."A Pacoima resident told us:"It's a very nice and relaxing drive. It looks very beautiful and under the night sky."Another listener chose Cody Road off of Mulholland because:"The homes are all unique with beautiful views. It's a unique treasure in this great city and my dream is to own one of those homes."CAMINO CIELOTad said Camino Cielo off of Highway 154 in Santa Barbara County was his choice:"As you look towards the mountains above Santa Barbara, it's an invisible road that runs right along the ridge top. It doesn't go forever but it is absolutely spectacular. And if you're a fan of Highway 154, you know you've got that leading to it."SUNSET BOULEVARDSebastian in Anaheim said he attended UCLA and remembers getting off the Sunset exit on the 405 and driving along the street to school.Mantle recommends that people who looking for a scenic drive across the city start on Cesar Chavez in East L.A., take it until it becomes Sunset and keep following it until it finally opens up at the Pacific Coast Highway.HIGHWAY 76Henry in Highland Park loves driving east along Highway 76 starting at the 15 and heading into the desert:"If you do it in the spring, you get those beautiful aromas of citrus and if the timing's right, it will spit you out in Anza Borrego during the flower bloom."SAN VICENTE BOULEVARDRicardo in Santa Monica recommends San Vicente Boulevard between Brentwood and the ocean"I think it's one of the more beautiful streets in the city and its the reason I moved from the eastside to the westside. The first time I drove down that street on a bicycle, I thought and felt the air, not discounting the young ladies jogging, 'I have to move here,' which I did."GLENDORA MOUNTAIN ROADRyan urges Angelenos to take the approximately 20-mile trip along Glendora Mountain Road up to Mount Baldy, a 20 to 22-mile trip:."You can see all of L.A. and even parts of San Bernardino from up there. It's a great drive."LAKE AVENUEEugene in La Crescenta said he likes starting at the bottom of Lake Avenue and heading straight up into Altadena:"It's a total change of scenery and back down, you just get a great view of of everything south."One note: Lake had a very popular streetcar line that took millions of people up to the trailheads in the Angeles National Forest.Check out our story on the Mount Lowe Railway .Jerry in Long Beach chose the stretch of Ocean Boulevard, heading north over the port from the bridges over the port to downtown Long Beach:"Especially at Christmas tim, is just beautiful and lit up. It's a great drive as you go all the way down the coast into Naples."NOW WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU .

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