Even people who are neither gay nor zoomers, in some cases.
It’s more the fault of the generation before the boomers that built the roads solely for cars. It was the guys who founded the major car companies’ final act before they croaked.
I moved from the US to the Netherlands a couple years ago, and this is one of many reasons why I can’t imagine myself wanting to ever return. Good public transport raises everybody’s quality of life.
My city has good transit but I kinda feel like its the only one. Hated dc and I don’t see much else that seems very good outside new york which seems hella expensive.
Thinking of the trolley problem, but pulling the lever kills everyone necessary to make public transit a reality, and not pulling the lever blows up the train.
This is part of my I’m an insufferable snob about living in NYC. I just walk places. Sometimes take a bus or subway. Never think about it very hard. Never worry about traffic, parking, gas, insurance. Don’t feel guilty about casually polluting (in this specific way). It’s nice.
My town in the UK had an extensive tram/trolley system around the turn of the century, but it was a private enterprise and not very popular. The trams were extremely noisy, the overhead cables were sprawling, and the tracks invaded space that was previously safely available to pedestrians.
When buses became viable, it all got ripped out.
The el train in Chicago is almost perfect except for the crackheads
it’s perfect because of the crackheads. when the government has failed you at every step, at least you know theres a warm place that’ll take you anywhere in the city that you need to go. it’s a public service that truly serves the entire community as equitably and fairly as it can (not to say that infrastructure investments are distributed equitably though). trains really are the solution for all of humanity’s problems.
if you’ve never smoked a joint at 3 am with houseless people on the L then i don’t particularly care about your opinion on the CTA.
I have not but I still love it. trains run every few minutes at rushes and general under ten minutes at other times unless it is like 3am. transfers are free and we have a grid system. my only complaint is electric divy has made manual divys harder to find.
these are all very reasonable takes, although as a smoker i definitely prefer the electric divvy bikes so im not complaining on that last one xD
And i don’t really mean that everyone needs to smoke on the train to have an opinion on the CTA, but its situations like that where you can really talk to people and get to know them. and houseless people are some of the coolest and nicest people if you just give them a chance. it just really pissed me off that the original person i was replying to acted like houseless people staying as safe and warm as they can is a detriment to the CTA. thats some surburban ass shit
Its like anything. I have had some real dicks. Others keep to themselves. Can’t say I have had pleasant interactions but can’t say that much about the non homeless on the train either. By and large we are all keeping to ourselves and getting to our destinations. The thing with the elctric is the cost. The manual costs for a year what a transit does for a month and no extra cost after that. I mean you have to do the dock undock thing if you need more time but thats no big deal.
I probably have a lot more interactions with houseless people due to my demographic (queer, genderqueer, poc, smoker) so i often get stopped by someonr asking for a cigarette or mutual aid.
thats funny. im a non smoker and nearly a non drinker long hair type. So often I would asked for cig and when I said I don’t smoke I would get looks like I did smoke but just did not want to give them one. Its like dude I know what I look like but you know my lung collapsed one time. I always said I have a natural resistance to stuff because I can’t handle inhaling things, Im a needlephobe, I don’t like eating or drinking anything that is not innately tasty, etc, etc. Even when I was younger and would go to clubs the drink I could handle I would get sick of drinking them while only maybe getting buzzed. Oddly I actually would get zima’s back in the day as while I did not like them I did not just hate them. they were tolerable to me.
If you like coffee espresso martinis are dangerously delicioud. the one’s at Mother Hubbard’s are quite good despite being boxed espresso
