{"id":195159,"date":"2026-02-26T18:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/195159\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:19:10","slug":"l-a-s-best-meme-account-is-asking-angelenos-to-crown-the-citys-worst-intersection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/195159\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A.\u2019s best meme account is asking Angelenos to crown the city\u2019s worst intersection"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the worst intersection<\/a> in Los Angeles: Three major streets converge, the traffic light takes forever and nobody on the road seems to know what they\u2019re doing. We\u2019re obviously talking about\u2026 one of any dozen junctions around the city?<\/p>\n

Every Angeleno thinks that a certain intersection is the worst, whether it\u2019s the six-way stop sign in Beverly Hills<\/a> or a number of tourist-clogged messes in Hollywood<\/a>, but if you pitted them all against each other in a March Madness\u2013style bracket, only one could wear the inglorious crown. And that\u2019s exactly what L.A.\u2019s best meme account is trying to find out: Americana at Brand Memes<\/a> is mounting a monthlong voting campaign to determine, one by one, which intersection is truly L.A.\u2019s worst.<\/p>\n

Starting March 1, each day around 11am voting will open on Americana at Brand Memes\u2019 Instagram stories to choose between a pair of particularly rotten intersections. The runoff-style voting will continue throughout the month until the worst intersection is\u00a0chosen on April 1.<\/p>\n

The L.A. Times recently ranked<\/a> the worst intersections in the city based on traffic volume and accident data (Highland and Sunset came out the winner\/loser). But Americana at Brand Memes\u2019 poll taps more into\u00a0how these irrational, confusing and aggravating intersections unite Angelenos in their frustration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, obviously, L.A. is unfortunately a car-reliant city, more than any other city probably,\u201d the anonymous author behind the account tells us. \u201cAs a result, we all have to deal with these intersections on a daily basis. And each intersection is badly unique.\u201d<\/p>\n

(By the way, if you\u2019re unfamiliar with Americana at Brand Memes, consider this your cue to start following. I can\u2019t think of another account that can so quickly adapt major pop culture moments, niche social media trends and out-of-the-ordinary weather events into super-specific, in-the-know commentary about what makes living in L.A. so wonderfully absurd.)<\/p>\n

The account\u2019s bracket-style competitions were born about five years ago on pre-X Twitter, starting with the best movie theater<\/a> (the Vista<\/a> won) and the best thing to do at the Americana (the fountain). Then in 2025, the competition was reborn on Instagram, this time for the worst parking lot or garage<\/a> (the entirety of Koreatown topped that one).<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a lot of fun, so I decided to do it again,\u201d Americana at Brand Memes says. \u201cDoing the \u2018worst intersection\u2019 competition felt like a worthy follow-up since there are so many more bad intersections than parking lots.\u201d (Best billboard and worst freeway ramp were also in the running, but intersections ultimately seemed more exciting.)<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Karolis Kavolelis \/ Shutterstock.comHollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue <\/p>\n

Each of the four regional brackets leaves room for a wild card that may have been left off the initial list, which folks can suggest via Americana at Brand Memes\u2019 Instagram post: Simply leave a comment<\/a> that starts with \u201cWILDCARD:\u201d and the most-liked intersections will be added to the bracket. (One caveat: They can\u2019t be freeway intersections.)<\/p>\n

Though the bracket is already a pretty comprehensive survey of awfulness, we turned to our own Time Out L.A. staff to see what wild card suggestions we\u2019d submit. As a former and still occasional Downtown<\/a> commuter, I\u2019d certainly make a claim for a DTLA intersection\u2014except it\u2019s more of an everything is mildly-to-moderately bad place than just one terrible intersection. So my actual left-off-the-list suggestion might end up being Five Points in Lincoln Heights, where Pasadena Avenue, Avenue 26 and Daly Street collide in a star-shaped pattern and nobody seems to be sure which overflowing turning lane leads to which intersection-blocking road.<\/p>\n

As for our things to do editor Gillian Glover, she says: Though I definitely feel like I\u2019m taking my life in my hands whenever I cross the Beverly Hills six-way stop, as a Valley girl, I feel a responsibility to represent the SFV. I\u2019m going to go with the intersection of Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards, which is a nightmare for morning commuters. It\u2019s backed up in every direction with people either bailing on the 405, queuing up for one of two nearby 405 entrances or\u2014my preference\u2014trying to pass it all and sail up the hill to cross over into the Westside. When even that stretch isn\u2019t moving, I give up and go home.<\/p>\n

Americana at Brand Memes says they \u201ctruly have no idea\u201d which intersection might be crowned the worst. \u201cObviously, there are some titans (Beverly Hills six-way stop, Virgil\/Sunset\/Hollywood, Lankershim\/Vineland\/Camarillo), but I could see them getting beat!\u201d<\/p>\n