lexande

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   Timeline maps of every metro system in the world, 1840-2025(transit-timelines.github.io)

   5 points by lexande 11mo ago|0 comments
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   by lexande 14y ago

   This would waste something like 250 million person-hours (or about 350 lifetimes) of riders' time every year, more than the total number of annual deaths. It would also add to operating costs and decrease capacity on overcrowded lines.
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   by lexande 14y ago

   That seems like a pretty low bar for "almost impossible", as I would expect most HN readers are both 1) highly educated and 2) single, and so the two avenues you mention are amongst the most accessible to them. There are far more difficult
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   by lexande 14y ago

   - There are certainly high rises in downtown SF that comfortably fit 8000+ people. - Tech company employees live in the south bay mostly because that's where the tech companies are, not the other way around. - Reaching SF from the east bay
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   by lexande 14y ago

   If you think the world is too crowded to let existing people have a few extra years, then you must REALLY hate people with the gall to bring NEW people in the world who each expect to live in it for decades. A fun sentiment for mother's day