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Does anyone think that Philly or Boston or Atlanta's systems are better?
Some people just like to complain.
Per capita Boston Charlie is better because it pretty much covers the entire city and is a lil bit cheaper, and of course it even extends into the suburbs. It would be like having the subways extend into Newark and White Plains
NYC subway system is comparable to the subway in the cities of developing countries like Mexico City in Mexico, Sao Paulo and Rio in Brazil. This is what my cousin told me. Europe, Asia, thier subways are light years ahead of NYC and the rest of the northeast. America won't be able to catch up.
The subway in Valparaiso is much better than NYC. It's not 24/7 but it's open for like 18 hours a day and it's very clean and the trains are always on time. As for the buses, they run like every five minutes whereas taking a bus in NYC is playing russian roulette with time
Per capita Boston Charlie is better because it pretty much covers the entire city and is a lil bit cheaper, and of course it even extends into the suburbs. It would be like having the subways extend into Newark and White Plains
There would be no point of the NYC subway extending into the suburbs, that's what the commuter rails are for
Can they get me from one end of the city to another at 3AM?
Much nicer subway stations. Much much much nicer subway stations, and yes many work at 3am. In Moscow in the train stations they have beautiful mosaic and murals and statues and it smells 1000x better than in NYC
I realized even the public bus system in NYC is pretty good. Most of the buses seem to run 24/7, some of them even on a half hourly basis in the middle of the night.
Not really, I was going home after clubbing one time and I had to wait HOURS for the subway station while drunk and it was middle of December and it was FREEZING. That is unacceptable!
Much nicer subway stations. Much much much nicer subway stations, and yes many work at 3am. In Moscow in the train stations they have beautiful mosaic and murals and statues and it smells 1000x better than in NYC
Im not familiar with Moscow. The wiki page says it opens at 5:25am (depending on first train arrival) and closes at 1am. Is it incorrect?
If we had that schedule here, I would be forced to get a car because I take a 5am train (even earlier a few times a year). Not saying 24/7 service is important for everybody, but for me it is, along with my fellow commuters on the crowded trains at that time of the morning.
Im not familiar with Moscow. The wiki page says it opens at 5:25am (depending on first train arrival) and closes at 1am. Is it incorrect?
If we had that schedule here, I would be forced to get a car because I take a 5am train (even earlier a few times a year). Not saying 24/7 service is important for everybody, but for me it is, along with my fellow commuters on the crowded trains at that time of the morning.
I haven't been there in years, so it might be correct. Still I remember it worked whenever we needed it too
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In Moscow in the train stations they have beautiful mosaic and murals and statues and it smells 1000x better than in NYC
I sometimes want to start smoking again because of how bad this city smells. I was born in Jersey City and grew up in industrial NJ and it stank too, but that was industrial stank. NYC stank is like feces, pee, menses, garbage, dead rodents, dead bodies, and farts all rolled into one. Truly gross. The subway stations in lower manhattan I think are actually the worst, and also when I have to take the 6 uptown for doctor's appointments and stuff, that train stinks too (the stations anyway).
I love the above ground stations much more.
Also there's a SERIOUS epidemic of new people moving into downtown Brooklyn taking the subways in during rush hour who are obese! No one ever talks about this because I guess it's kinda ****ed up to talk about, but UGH. Every other person in the morning is at least 100 pounds over weight. And these are all supposedly highly educated professionals :/ I actually think overweight/obese commuters make commutes 10x worse than the actual infrastructure.
The subways should start charging like laundromats do. By the pound.
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