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Old 08-15-2022, 11:00 AM
 
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Remote is eventually going to be the end of this country. We still live in the physical world where things need building and maintenance. We are already largely a paper pushing economy, and this just takes it up another notch.
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How? As has been said there were remote jobs before covid and not everyone is remote now.

The MBTA could be the end of Boston.
Remote work could eventually be the end of businesses and activities that require the presence of crowds to be viable.
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Old 08-15-2022, 11:07 AM
 
Location: Bergen County, New Jersey
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We're having very similar issues down here in NJ, not as localized though. NJT is an absolute mess.

I do also partially blame it on lack of commuting/WFH driving this. But there still should be no excuse in regards to safety of passengers.
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Old 08-15-2022, 11:08 AM
 
Location: Pacific Northwest
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How? As has been said there were remote jobs before covid and not everyone is remote now.

The MBTA could be the end of Boston.
Widens the haves and have nots even more. Infrastructure woes become even more a problem of the poor and those who don’t have WFH jobs. While those who can do remote smugly tell themselves it’s no longer their problem since they are remote. It’s going to tear this country even further apart while our infrastructure crumbles.
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Old 08-15-2022, 11:16 AM
 
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I don't think it widens the have's and the have nots. I work from home and have multi-milloinaire friends who do not. So there's that.

The only thing that keeps widening the haves and the have nots is MONEY!!! LOL. This board cracks me up.
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Old 08-15-2022, 11:27 AM
 
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We're having very similar issues down here in NJ, not as localized though. NJT is an absolute mess.

I do also partially blame it on lack of commuting/WFH driving this. But there still should be no excuse in regards to safety of passengers.
We still have yet to see the effects of blockchain, metaverse and 3-D printing on how people live their lives. Lack of commuting due to WFH of office workers is barely the tip of the iceberg in how technology is going to change socio-cultural structures. Sooner or later people will need to kiss the 20th century culture goodbye.

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Old 08-15-2022, 11:39 AM
 
Location: Bergen County, New Jersey
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We still have yet to see the effects of blockchain, metaverse and 3-D printing on how people live their lives. Lack of commuting due to WFH of office workers is barely the tip of the iceberg in how technology is going to change socio-cultural structures. Sooner or later people will need to kiss goodbye 20th century culture.
You aren't wrong. It will be a hard pill to swallow for some.
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Old 08-15-2022, 11:43 AM
 
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This is true...the metaverse seems cool but almost frightening. I think it will be amazing for education being able to feel like youre in a certain era...or in an operating room watching a surgeon up close. There's so many other situations where this could be useful.

I'm confused on why commuting is a good thing? I guess it helps businesses in boston and that's too bad for people who built a business around people commuting...but...yeah...people arent going to commute just to buy lunch or coffee from someone.
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Old 08-15-2022, 11:45 AM
 
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You aren't wrong. It will be a hard pill to swallow for some.
It will be. But it's a good pill for others to swallow.

Everyone has different needs and priorities.
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Old 08-15-2022, 07:44 PM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Ahh, this whole post has devolved into a WFH vs. not WFH thing but the fact of the matter is that the MBTA equipment is increasingly dangerous to ride or operate regardless of WFH or not. Even if the MBTA were running empty trains and buses all day, if a train seriously derails or a bus catches on fire and so on, someone - anyone can get seriously hurt or killed be it the driver or the lone passenger. We're lucky no T operators or staff have voiced complaints about the safety of the vehicles they're operating, at least that the public is aware of, or else they'd be on strike already and the whole system might as well shut down for a month. The infrastructure should not have gotten to this point, it's like eating sweets and not brushing your teeth every day for 20+ years until your teeth blacken and start to fall out and ... all right I've said enough but you get the point. The MBTA insfrastructure is seriously unwell right now whether or not fewer riders are using it.
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Old 08-16-2022, 05:18 AM
 
Location: The Moon
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People place the blame on Deval Patrick, Charlie Baker, Beverly Scott, etc. or whatever slanted and short sighted argument tries to make it about an individual. They've had some serious turnover of upper management and restructuring of their oversight board in the past decade. Covid really hit operations and the budget. There has been a Democratic supermajority since forever. They've cut service, are always "reimagining" things and have unicorn rolling stock and whacky RFP requirements for planned upgrades.

Zero consistency, no vision, a budgetary black hole, unions with a lot of pull and a despondent public. There's no way to go any lower.
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