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In London I always prefer the underground to a cab after a night out. The car is driven by someone tired yet in a hurry, on busy roads with (usually) lots of t

In London I always prefer the underground to a cab after a night out. The car is driven by someone tired yet in a hurry, on busy roads with (usually) lots of turns. There's not much space. Way outside the peak times, the train is spacious, brightly lit and there's almost zero risk of an accident. 10 minutes walking at either end is probably a good idea after N hours in a bar.

i_am_proteus 4y ago
Depending on the line, graveyard hour subways in NYC can be a long wait before a train arrives.
- BayesianDice 4y ago
  And in London, the Underground closes down altogether overnight, except for some lines running on Friday and Saturday nights. (And that Night Tube service is a relatively recent innovation, starting in 2016.)
  - kranke155 4y ago
    The night tube is one of the best things that’s ever happened to London.
    - scoopertrooper 4y ago
      As a recent arrival to London, the tube is amazing.
      - kranke155 4y ago
        It is amazing in general and I hold to the idea that London has one of the finest public transportation networks in the world. Lived there 5 years and eventually I came to the analogy that the buses were like red blood cells running through the streets distributing people. The metro trains and even taxis formed a sort of almost circulatory system for the city, with the humans being little cells being carried at varying speeds through different veins and vessels. And I think the health of a city sort of depends on its circulatory system. Where I come from the system doesn’t cover the city adequately and that creates pockets of inequality, problems, low access to the centre. London is highly productive because of its excellent circulatory system.
StanislavPetrov 4y ago
>Way outside the peak times, the train is spacious, brightly lit and there's almost zero risk of an accident. In NYC the subway is filthy, urine soaked and at 3:30 AM there is higher than zero chance you will be harassed or assaulted.

i_am_proteus 4y ago

Depending on the line, graveyard hour subways in NYC can be a long wait before a train arrives.

BayesianDice 4y ago
And in London, the Underground closes down altogether overnight, except for some lines running on Friday and Saturday nights. (And that Night Tube service is a relatively recent innovation, starting in 2016.)
- kranke155 4y ago
  The night tube is one of the best things that’s ever happened to London.
  - scoopertrooper 4y ago
    As a recent arrival to London, the tube is amazing.
    - kranke155 4y ago
      It is amazing in general and I hold to the idea that London has one of the finest public transportation networks in the world. Lived there 5 years and eventually I came to the analogy that the buses were like red blood cells running through the streets distributing people. The metro trains and even taxis formed a sort of almost circulatory system for the city, with the humans being little cells being carried at varying speeds through different veins and vessels. And I think the health of a city sort of depends on its circulatory system. Where I come from the system doesn’t cover the city adequately and that creates pockets of inequality, problems, low access to the centre. London is highly productive because of its excellent circulatory system.

StanislavPetrov 4y ago

>Way outside the peak times, the train is spacious, brightly lit and there's almost zero risk of an accident. In NYC the subway is filthy, urine soaked and at 3:30 AM there is higher than zero chance you will be harassed or assaulted.