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How late will you be coming home from school? The R train is a nightmare. If you can't stand it take the express bus. Enjoy Bay Ridge, it's a great place to live.
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I have my mp3 player. I listen to the radio on it while i'm on the bus, then when i'm on the subway I listen to songs I downloaded. I'm usually half asleep during my commute, so I'm too tired to get bored lol.
I have my mp3 player. I listen to the radio on it while i'm on the bus, then when i'm on the subway I listen to songs I downloaded. I'm usually half asleep during my commute, so I'm too tired to get bored lol.
i suggest a measurable amount of caution before falling asleep on the subway or bus as a means of dealing with a long commute.
i once did what rachael does and while half asleep noticed that the music stopped. i figured, oh the piano man must have stopped playing. woke up an hour later, the ipod was gone, my eyeglasses were missing, my brown bag with my old-fashioned donut and dinner mint was gone, and my uppers were sore. found out later that the thief was even trying to pry open my mouth to pull off any possible denture.
I've commuted for a long time. In the train, I would do "train meditation."
This is where you clear your mind of work/or school (for the younger) problems and try to picture what life is like for everyone else. I imagine being the mom, the homeless guy and the rat that I see scurrying around. I can do this for hours on end...
until I get sleepy & have someone try to pry my dentures out.
i suggest a measurable amount of caution before falling asleep on the subway or bus as a means of dealing with a long commute.
i once did what rachael does and while half asleep noticed that the music stopped. i figured, oh the piano man must have stopped playing. woke up an hour later, the ipod was gone, my eyeglasses were missing, my brown bag with my old-fashioned donut and dinner mint was gone, and my uppers were sore. found out later that the thief was even trying to pry open my mouth to pull off any possible denture.
find another way to cope with the commute. best.
Wow that's crazy! You must be a deep sleeper, lol.
Thats a long commute...1 hour is the train ride or door-to-door? I live in Mott Have and the train ride to 53rd is about 30 minutes, and 10 minutes walk time..so 40 minutes door-to-door. Bayridge is a bad location for those working in midtown..the trains are usually clogged down there too..expect the ride to be longer. Yikes...you sure you don't want to move somewhere closer?
You get used to it. I used to have a hour and a half commute and now a 1hr commute. It might seem a lot at first, but you actually (or at least I do) find the time useful. I usually listen to my music and read a book/paper/magazine. Once your in transit, an hr goes by pretty quickly.
One thing you will really enjoy if you haven't thought about it, taking the subway in the summer in NYC! Underground tunnels with no ventilation or air conditioning (trains have it though, assuming it isn't broken), packed with hundreds of people....welcome to NYC!
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i suggest a measurable amount of caution before falling asleep on the subway or bus as a means of dealing with a long commute.
i once did what rachael does and while half asleep noticed that the music stopped. i figured, oh the piano man must have stopped playing. woke up an hour later, the ipod was gone, my eyeglasses were missing, my brown bag with my old-fashioned donut and dinner mint was gone, and my uppers were sore. found out later that the thief was even trying to pry open my mouth to pull off any possible denture.
find another way to cope with the commute. best.
Nah, I'd never fall asleep with my mp3 player on. i meant half asleep as in I never close my eyes to sleep, but i'm in a daze since I'm not totally awake yet. I tend to try to stay away during my commute anyway. Half the time I have it off on the subway just in case. I always shut it off when I'm walking through the neighborhood (which isn't that good of an area) to my school. Don't worry, i'm smart about this stuff!
Every time you get on a train, just remind yourself what a taxi would cost, and you'll feel so good that you'll get to your station before you know it!
Yes, many New Yorkers have that same "give up and rationalize" attitude:
That 1 hour commute is too long? Well, at least it's not 3 hours!
That studio is too small? Think about how expensive a 3 bedroom is!
That Bloomberg is changing the laws to make himself dictator? Well, at least he's not Hitler!
To answer the OP's question, New Yorkers are able to deal with things because they are the kings of deluding themselves into happily getting screwed over.
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you get used to it...
Underground tunnels with no ventilation or air conditioning (trains have it though, assuming it isn't broken), packed with hundreds of people....welcome to NYC!
