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This amuses me, because if you’re going to Beijing you can just use the way-better-than-America public transportation.
by dangus 2y ago
This amuses me, because if you’re going to Beijing you can just use the way-better-than-America public transportation.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoNot always and not everywhere. I lived in Beijing for 9 years on a subway line (well, after line 10 opened) that would have taken me almost straight to work, but it was so packed I still took a taxi. Maybe the extra lines/capacity makes it more comfortable now, but it wasn’t Tokyo when I was living there.
- dangus 2y agoBeijing: “I could take the train but the public transit is so useful and frequent that it’s crowded so I took a taxi :’(“ My medium sized American city: “what train? What bus? What taxi?