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Yeah I agree. It would be nice to have more public transportation in Houston. In America the public transportation sucks everywhere except NYC and San Francisco. These two cities are definitely the exception and not the rule. In America everybody likes to drive so public transportation is almost non-existent. Everywhere but the two cities I mentioned above public transportation is almost exclusively used by the poor people. They kind of have to use it since they don't own cars.
You are confused.
Chicago,Boston,Philadlephia,Washington DC have incredibly extensive mass transit operations that reach into the far (wealthy)suburbs. Portland, Seattle,Baltimore, Atlanta,LA,DFW among others although smaller than those mentioned above are impressive.
I'm still trying to figure out what he did. It's like a puzzle.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure I read it right. It was 5 or 6 years back to vote on whether we wanted to extend light rail or not. I voted for it. I've never heard of the Galveston-Houston commuter line. This must be some recent development that I didn't hear about. Right now we have the Bay Area Park and Ride which is good if you're going to downtown.
Slight clarifacation; DFW a step behind, Houston and Denver two.
I think Denver is fine for its size. It's just Houston that has lacked in the rail department (until the recent announcements). It's been fine in the bus and the Park and Ride (basically commuter rail) department.
Next year, DART will have a stop at Love Field. For Houston, this is not happening for another seven years at least. Right now, we just have a direct commuter bus to the airport from Downtown. Seven years can't come soon enough.
Next year, DART will have a stop at Love Field. For Houston, this is not happening for another seven years at least. Right now, we just have a direct commuter bus to the airport from Downtown. Seven years can't come soon enough.
(Supposedly) in four years DART will reach DFW also. We shall see.
Chicago,Boston,Philadlephia,Washington DC have incredibly extensive mass transit operations that reach into the far (wealthy)suburbs. Portland, Seattle,Baltimore, Atlanta,LA,DFW among others although smaller than those mentioned above are impressive.
I'm not confused. Maybe I had the wrong impression. I've been to Boston and Chicago and I don't remember seeing a lot of mass transit. I forgot about Washington. Yeah Washington has pretty good mass transit. I've taken it before. That was a long time ago so I forgot about it. I've never been to several of the cities you mentioned so I can't comment on those. I don't know anything about Dallas's mass transit either. It was just my impression that in America everybody likes to drive their own car. Big cars, big houses, etc. Everybody likes big in America.
I'm still trying to figure out what he did. It's like a puzzle.
It's most definitely not new.
Here's a Houston Chronicle article dated Nov. 15, 2007. You see I told you it was a recent development. This was just a little over a year ago. That's a recent development to me. Anything that has occurred in the last 3 or 4 years is a recent development in my book. I had never heard of this proposed commuter line so they didn't report it much in the news. It must be just a maybe right now.
I've spent two weeks in Houston and wouldn't call it the most underrated city in the U.S. by a long shot. That's not to say "Houston is terrible," but there are far more underrated cities.
I'd put Detroit on the list, maybe Buffalo, Milwaulkee, and even Baltimore before Houston. Denver too.
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