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In the US, government transportation is similar to government housing: you only use it if you can't afford the alternatives.
by linuxftw 7y ago
In the US, government transportation is similar to government housing: you only use it if you can't afford the alternatives.
- mattkrause 7y agoThat’s manifestly untrue for New York, DC, Boston, and Chicago, etc.
- toasterlovin 7y agoOr is it that personal transportation is so expensive in those cities that even middle class people (who could afford personal transportation in most cities) are forced to use public transportation. I know that's the case for at least New York. Unsure about the other three.
- mattkrause 7y agoIf I worked in midtown Manhattan, I would jump through flaming hoops to avoid driving, even if I wasn't paying for parking. That traffic crawls, and it's not exactly a relaxing drive.
- toasterlovin 7y agoFair enough (I was remembering parking being insanely expensive in NYC). What I was getting at is that it's not that public transit is necessarily better in the large eastern cities, but that that personal transportation is (comparatively) worse.