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It sounds like you're getting busier confused with faster. More traffic and pedestrians on the streets makes the place appear busier. But are they actually getting things done faster? If anything the heavy traffic in D.C. probably leads to them sitting in their cars longer so they get less done. And I know for a fact the trains in places like D.C. and Philly are a lot slower than the trains in Atlanta because they have to make alot more stops at more stations that are closer together.
NYC is the only city I've been to where natives truly have this must get everything (from ordering a hamburger to catching a cab or train) done quick as lighting or get out the way attitude. But even there you see plenty of visitors and tourist taking their time.
Thats what I was thinking, I dont get that in D.C.
More people on the trains than any other city outside of NYC
Higher percentage of people flooding the DT area by day than any city
Higher percentage of people using PT than any other city outside of NYC
More cars on the streets
Second worse traffic in the US
Higher percentage of people using Bike share programs
Until Chicago or Atlanta or San Antonio can top any of these categories consistently, DC is more fast paced.
WOW, now we are getting into semantics. Do people in San Antonio jay walk? Yes. Is it the norm or the culture? No. That's the difference.
If by "norm" you mean do most people in the area walk? Then, no. But for those who are on foot, it appears the overwhelming majority are jaywalking instead of using the crosswalk. I'm sure it's the same way in Atlanta.
I rarely if ever use the crosswalk when I'm on foot.
More people on the trains than any other city outside of NYC
Higher percentage of people flooding the DT area by day than any city
Higher percentage of people using PT than any other city outside of NYC
More cars on the streets
Second worse traffic in the US
Higher percentage of people using Bike share programs
Until Chicago or Atlanta or San Antonio can top any of these categories consistently, DC is more fast paced.
Now who's getting into semantics? For the record, I was not arguing that any of these cities were faster paced than DC (although Chicago might be). I was just correcting your false claim that jaywalking isn't common outside of the NE.
So are we saying being "cut-throat" is equal to being fast pace?If that is what mot people say is a part of being fast paced then no I dont think Atlanta is that.I hope it never gets like that either.
Don't forget I mentioned urban as well which relates to the cutthroat attitude there. Your enviroment is going to affect how you go on about your ways. I'm not understanding why would Atlanta have the same attitude as people in DC when the layout of the cities are different. You guys don't have to deal with catching crowded subways, hailing cabs, catching buses and dealing with bustling streets.
More people on the trains than any other city outside of NYC
Higher percentage of people flooding the DT area by day than any city
Higher percentage of people using PT than any other city outside of NYC
More cars on the streets
Second worse traffic in the US
Higher percentage of people using Bike share programs
Until Chicago or Atlanta or San Antonio can top any of these categories consistently, DC is more fast paced.
Okay. I finally get it. I never could really understand why you guys in the N.E. are always talking about how much faster everything is. It's because you're interchanging the words busy or bustling and hectic with the word fast. When I go to the airport in Denver for instance or when I went through registration in college in the Midwest you had large crowds of people rushing to get from one point to another. And a lot of people getting flustered and tense or being a little rude trying to get to lines before they got too long. Same thing you're talking about with your streets and sidewalks during rush hour.
Here's the thing though. There's really nothing fast about all that. There may be a lot of fast movements but no ones really getting anything done fast. It's like with the crowded subways in Tokyo. That crowded condition requires everybody to hustle a bit more and perhaps be more rude to accomplish the same task of getting everybody from work to home or where ever. But I understand now that you don't necessarily actually mean faster you really just mean busier and more crowded and hectic.
I really don't agree with that definition of fast. In New York on the other hand you have a lot of type A personality business types that are always striving to get a huge amount of everything done everyday. Now that's what I call a fast life style and you see that pretty often down here among professionals and that's really an American cultural phenomenon more than a N.E thing. But no city IMO, Not D.C. not Philly or Atlanta really compare to New York when it comes to the percentage of those type of people you come across.
It sounds like you're getting busier confused with faster. More traffic and pedestrians on the streets makes the place appear busier. But are they actually getting things done faster? If anything the heavy traffic in D.C. probably leads to them sitting in their cars longer so they get less done. And I know for a fact the trains in places like D.C. and Philly are a lot slower than the trains in Atlanta because they have to make alot more stops at more stations that are closer together.
NYC is the only city I've been to where natives truly have this must get everything (from ordering a hamburger to catching a cab or train) done quick as lighting or get out the way attitude. But even there you see plenty of visitors and tourist taking their time.
Chicago is not faster than DC, Philly or Boston. They don't even jay walk in Chicago so that kills your argument. How can you be in a rush and don't jaywalk? That's an east coast mentality to the fullest.
I guess you have never been out of the country have you?Ever been to Tokyo?Singapore?Frankfurt?Stockholm?They dont jaywalk in ANY of these places.Rules are adhered to religiously due to cultural differences.So your argument is flawed by basing things off limited knowledge.
For the record Chicago IS busier than D.C.
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