If I recall correctly, when they were first advertising Kiryat Sefer thay wrote something like: 20 minutes from Yerushalayim! 20 minutes from Bnei Braq.
When Rav Shach zt”l saw the ad he said, Its faster to drive from Yerushalayim to Kiryat Sefer to Bnei Braq than it is to drive direct!!